#42D059#42D059

#42D059 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.201 H 145.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D059
RGB	rgb(66, 208, 89)
HSL	hsl(130, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(130, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 0%, 57.2%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.18, -61.65, 47.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.18, 77.85, 142.36°)
OKLab	oklab(75.69% -0.1664 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(75.69% 0.201 145.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.6040, 46.9884, 17.1169)
Luminance	0.4699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D059 #D042B9

analogous

#72D042 #42D059 #42D0A0

triadic

#42D059 #5942D0 #D05942

tetradic

#42D059 #4272D0 #D042B9 #D0A042

square

#42D059 #4272D0 #D042B9 #D0A042

split-complementary

#42D059 #A042D0 #D04272

monochromatic

#1E792D #2AAA3F #42D059 #73DC84 #A4E8AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#42D059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#42D059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D059

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D059	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BE4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B262

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#07CBB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 208, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.201 145.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88e08b',
    500: '#42d059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d059;
$custom-light: #88e08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 129.718,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75687,
    "c": 0.20104,
    "h": 145.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D059

secondary

#D599CB

accent

#44CAE3

background

#F9FDF8

surface

#F1FBF0

border

#CBD4CB

text

#0D150C

muted

#7E837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D059

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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