#42D488#42D488

#42D488 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.165 H 156.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D488
RGB	rgb(66, 212, 136)
HSL	hsl(149, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(149, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 0%, 35.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.08, -55.60, 26.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.08, 61.67, 154.35°)
OKLab	oklab(77.47% -0.1505 0.067)
OKLCH	oklch(77.47% 0.165 156)
XYZ	xyz(30.2314, 50.0194, 31.3492)
Luminance	0.5002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D488 #D4428E

analogous

#45D442 #42D488 #42D4D1

triadic

#42D488 #8842D4 #D48842

tetradic

#42D488 #4245D4 #D4428E #D4D142

square

#42D488 #4245D4 #D4428E #D4D142

split-complementary

#42D488 #D142D4 #D44245

monochromatic

#1D7F4C #28B16A #42D488 #74DFA7 #A6EBC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#42D488 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00

#42D488 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D488

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D488	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D488	1.00	1.91	11.00	11.00
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C383

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B68D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d488;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 212, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.165 156.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88e2ab',
    500: '#42d488',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d488;
$custom-light: #88e2ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d488",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 148.767,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77469,
    "c": 0.16473,
    "h": 156
  },
  "luminance": 0.50023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D488

secondary

#86345F

accent

#4297E6

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF7

border

#CED5D0

text

#0D1510

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D488

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

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