#42D259#42D259

#42D259 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.203 H 145.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D259
RGB	rgb(66, 210, 89)
HSL	hsl(130, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(130, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 0%, 57.6%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.81, -62.34, 48.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.81, 78.85, 142.24°)
OKLab	oklab(76.2% -0.1683 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(76.2% 0.203 145.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.0947, 47.9698, 17.2804)
Luminance	0.4797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D259 #D242BB

analogous

#73D242 #42D259 #42D2A1

triadic

#42D259 #5942D2 #D25942

tetradic

#42D259 #4273D2 #D242BB #D2A142

square

#42D259 #4273D2 #D242BB #D2A142

split-complementary

#42D259 #A142D2 #D24273

monochromatic

#1E7C2D #29AD3E #42D259 #73DE84 #A5EAB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#42D259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#42D259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D259

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D259	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B363

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#04CDB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 210, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.203 145.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e18b',
    500: '#42d259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d259;
$custom-light: #89e18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 129.583,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76202,
    "c": 0.20348,
    "h": 145.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D259

secondary

#D799CD

accent

#43CBE5

background

#F9FDF8

surface

#F1FBF0

border

#CBD4CB

text

#0D150C

muted

#7E837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D259

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

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