#42D459#42D459

#42D459 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.206 H 145.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D459
RGB	rgb(66, 212, 89)
HSL	hsl(129, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(129, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 0%, 58%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.43, -63.02, 49.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.43, 79.83, 142.13°)
OKLab	oklab(76.72% -0.1701 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(76.72% 0.206 145.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.5915, 48.9635, 17.4460)
Luminance	0.4897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D459 #D442BD

analogous

#74D442 #42D459 #42D4A2

triadic

#42D459 #5942D4 #D45942

tetradic

#42D459 #4274D4 #D442BD #D4A242

square

#42D459 #4274D4 #D442BD #D4A242

split-complementary

#42D459 #A242D4 #D44274

monochromatic

#1D7F2C #28B13E #42D459 #74DF85 #A6EBB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#42D459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#42D459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D459

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D459	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C14C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B563

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 212, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.206 145.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e28b',
    500: '#42d459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d459;
$custom-light: #89e28b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 129.452,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76718,
    "c": 0.2059,
    "h": 145.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D459

secondary

#D89ACE

accent

#42CCE6

background

#F9FEF8

surface

#F1FCF0

border

#CBD5CB

text

#0D150C

muted

#7E847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D459

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

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