#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
RGBrgb(66, 212, 137)
HSLhsl(149, 63%, 55%)
HSVhsv(149, 69%, 83%)
CMYKcmyk(68.9%, 0%, 35.4%, 16.9%)
CIE-LABlab(76.10, -55.40, 26.20)
CIE-LCHlch(76.10, 61.29, 154.69°)
OKLaboklab(77.49% -0.15 0.0658)
OKLCHoklch(77.49% 0.164 156.3)
XYZxyz(30.3028, 50.0480, 31.7253)
Luminance0.5005 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##42D4891.001.9111.0111.01
#FFFFFF1.911.0021.0021.00
#00000011.0121.001.001.00
##00000011.0121.001.001.00

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

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#42D489 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva