#42D759#42D759

#42D759 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.210 H 145.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D759
RGB	rgb(66, 215, 89)
HSL	hsl(129, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(129, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 0%, 58.6%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.36, -64.04, 50.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.36, 81.31, 141.97°)
OKLab	oklab(77.49% -0.1729 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(77.49% 0.21 145.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.3484, 50.4773, 17.6984)
Luminance	0.5048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D759 #D742C0

analogous

#75D742 #42D759 #42D7A4

triadic

#42D759 #5942D7 #D75942

tetradic

#42D759 #4275D7 #D742C0 #D7A442

square

#42D759 #4275D7 #D742C0 #D7A442

split-complementary

#42D759 #A442D7 #D74275

monochromatic

#1C832C #26B53C #42D759 #75E285 #A7ECB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#42D759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#42D759 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D759

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D759	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC44C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B863

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 215, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.210 145.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae58c',
    500: '#42d759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d759;
$custom-light: #8ae58c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 129.262,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7749,
    "c": 0.20951,
    "h": 145.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D759

secondary

#8A347C

accent

#40CEE8

background

#FCFEFC

surface

#F4FCF4

border

#CED5CE

text

#0D160C

muted

#7F847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D759

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

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