#42D542#42D542

#42D542 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.224 H 143.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D542
RGB	rgb(66, 213, 66)
HSL	hsl(120, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(120, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 0%, 69%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.54, -65.78, 58.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.54, 88.23, 138.20°)
OKLab	oklab(76.74% -0.1786 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(76.74% 0.224 143)
XYZ	xyz(27.0228, 49.1372, 13.2135)
Luminance	0.4914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D542 #D542D5

analogous

#8CD542 #42D542 #42D58C

triadic

#42D542 #4242D5 #D54242

tetradic

#42D542 #428CD5 #D542D5 #D58C42

square

#42D542 #428CD5 #D542D5 #D58C42

split-complementary

#42D542 #8C42D5 #D5428C

monochromatic

#1C801C #28B228 #42D542 #74E074 #A6EBA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#42D542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#42D542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D542

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D542	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC12C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B650

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#15CFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 213, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.224 143.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae37e',
    500: '#42d542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d542;
$custom-light: #8ae37e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76742,
    "c": 0.2236,
    "h": 143
  },
  "luminance": 0.4914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D542

secondary

#D89AD8

accent

#41E7E7

background

#F9FEF8

surface

#F2FCEF

border

#CCD5CA

text

#0D160A

muted

#7E847C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D542

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

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