#42D255#42D255

#42D255 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.207 H 145.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D255
RGB	rgb(66, 210, 85)
HSL	hsl(128, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(128, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 0%, 59.5%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.76, -62.82, 50.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.76, 80.31, 141.46°)
OKLab	oklab(76.16% -0.1698 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(76.16% 0.207 145.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.9313, 47.9044, 16.4197)
Luminance	0.4791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D255 #D242BF

analogous

#77D242 #42D255 #42D29D

triadic

#42D255 #5542D2 #D25542

tetradic

#42D255 #4277D2 #D242BF #D29D42

square

#42D255 #4277D2 #D242BF #D29D42

split-complementary

#42D255 #9D42D2 #D24277

monochromatic

#1E7C2A #29AD3B #42D255 #73DE81 #A5EAAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#42D255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#42D255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D255

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D255	1.00	1.98	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B35F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#09CDB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 210, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.207 145.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e189',
    500: '#42d255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d255;
$custom-light: #89e189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 127.917,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76155,
    "c": 0.20665,
    "h": 145.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D255

secondary

#D799CE

accent

#43CFE5

background

#F9FDF8

surface

#F1FBF0

border

#CBD4CB

text

#0D150C

muted

#7E837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D255

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

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