#42D842#42D842

#42D842 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.227 H 143.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D842
RGB	rgb(66, 216, 66)
HSL	hsl(120, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(120, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 0%, 69.4%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.47, -66.75, 59.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.47, 89.61, 138.15°)
OKLab	oklab(77.52% -0.1812 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(77.52% 0.227 143)
XYZ	xyz(27.7843, 50.6603, 13.4674)
Luminance	0.5066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D842 #D842D8

analogous

#8DD842 #42D842 #42D88D

triadic

#42D842 #4242D8 #D84242

tetradic

#42D842 #428DD8 #D842D8 #D88D42

square

#42D842 #428DD8 #D842D8 #D88D42

split-complementary

#42D842 #8D42D8 #D8428D

monochromatic

#1B841B #26B726 #42D842 #75E275 #A7EDA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#42D842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#42D842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D842

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D842	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC42B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB851

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#12D2BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 216, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.227 143.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be57e',
    500: '#42d842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d842;
$custom-light: #8be57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77518,
    "c": 0.22695,
    "h": 143
  },
  "luminance": 0.50663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D842

secondary

#8B338B

accent

#3FE9E9

background

#FCFEFB

surface

#F5FCF2

border

#CFD5CC

text

#0E160A

muted

#7F847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D842

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

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