#42D159#42D159

#42D159 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.202 H 145.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D159
RGB	rgb(66, 209, 89)
HSL	hsl(130, 61%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(130, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 0%, 57.4%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.49, -61.99, 47.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.49, 78.35, 142.30°)
OKLab	oklab(75.94% -0.1674 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(75.94% 0.202 145.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.8486, 47.4775, 17.1984)
Luminance	0.4748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D159 #D142BA

analogous

#73D142 #42D159 #42D1A1

triadic

#42D159 #5942D1 #D15942

tetradic

#42D159 #4273D1 #D142BA #D1A142

square

#42D159 #4273D1 #D142BA #D1A142

split-complementary

#42D159 #A142D1 #D14273

monochromatic

#1E7B2D #2AAC3F #42D159 #73DD84 #A4E9AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#42D159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#42D159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D159

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D159	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B363

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#05CCB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 209, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.202 145.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88e08b',
    500: '#42d159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d159;
$custom-light: #88e08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 129.65,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75945,
    "c": 0.20226,
    "h": 145.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D159

secondary

#D699CC

accent

#44CAE4

background

#F9FDF8

surface

#F1FBF0

border

#CBD4CB

text

#0D150C

muted

#7E837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D159

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

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