#42D659#42D659

#42D659 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.208 H 145.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42D659
RGBrgb(66, 214, 89)
HSLhsl(129, 64%, 55%)
HSVhsv(129, 69%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(69.2%, 0%, 58.4%, 16.1%)
CIE-LABlab(76.05, -63.70, 49.73)
CIE-LCHlch(76.05, 80.82, 142.02°)
OKLaboklab(77.23% -0.172 0.1175)
OKLCHoklch(77.23% 0.208 145.7)
XYZxyz(28.0946, 49.9696, 17.6137)
Luminance0.4997 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42D659 #D642BF
analogous
#75D642 #42D659 #42D6A3
triadic
#42D659 #5942D6 #D65942
tetradic
#42D659 #4275D6 #D642BF #D6A342
square
#42D659 #4275D6 #D642BF #D6A342
split-complementary
#42D659 #A342D6 #D64275
monochromatic
#1C822C #27B43D #42D659 #74E185 #A7ECB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91
#42D659 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.99
#42D659 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D659
10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42D659#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42D6591.001.9110.9910.99
#FFFFFF1.911.0021.0021.00
#00000010.9921.001.001.00
##00000010.9921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D9C34C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C8B763
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D1BB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42d659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 214, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.208 145.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e48c',
    500: '#42d659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42d659;
$custom-light: #89e48c;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42d659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 129.324,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77232,
    "c": 0.20831,
    "h": 145.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42D659
secondary
#D99BCF
accent
#40CDE7
background
#F9FEF8
surface
#F1FCF0
border
#CBD5CB
text
#0D160C
muted
#7E847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D659

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#42D659 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva