#42D489#42D489

#42D489 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.164 H 156.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D489
RGB	rgb(66, 212, 137)
HSL	hsl(149, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(149, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 0%, 35.4%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.10, -55.40, 26.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.10, 61.29, 154.69°)
OKLab	oklab(77.49% -0.15 0.0658)
OKLCH	oklch(77.49% 0.164 156.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.3028, 50.0480, 31.7253)
Luminance	0.5005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D489 #D4428D

analogous

#44D442 #42D489 #42D4D2

triadic

#42D489 #8942D4 #D48942

tetradic

#42D489 #4244D4 #D4428D #D4D242

square

#42D489 #4244D4 #D4428D #D4D242

split-complementary

#42D489 #D242D4 #D44244

monochromatic

#1D7F4C #28B16B #42D489 #74DFA8 #A6EBC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#42D489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#42D489 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D489

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D489	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C384

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B68E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 212, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.164 156.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88e2ac',
    500: '#42d489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d489;
$custom-light: #88e2ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 149.178,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77489,
    "c": 0.16384,
    "h": 156.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D489

secondary

#86345E

accent

#4296E6

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF7

border

#CED5D0

text

#0D1510

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D489

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

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