#42D844#42D844

#42D844 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.226 H 143.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D844
RGB	rgb(66, 216, 68)
HSL	hsl(121, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(121, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 0%, 68.5%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.49, -66.58, 59.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.49, 88.98, 138.43°)
OKLab	oklab(77.54% -0.1807 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(77.54% 0.226 143.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.8443, 50.6843, 13.7833)
Luminance	0.5069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D844 #D842D6

analogous

#8BD842 #42D844 #42D88F

triadic

#42D844 #4442D8 #D84442

tetradic

#42D844 #428BD8 #D842D6 #D88F42

square

#42D844 #428BD8 #D842D6 #D88F42

split-complementary

#42D844 #8F42D8 #D8428B

monochromatic

#1B841D #26B728 #42D844 #75E276 #A7EDA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#42D844 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#42D844 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D844

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D844	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D844	1.00	1.89	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC42E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB852

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#10D2BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d844;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 216, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.226 143.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be57f',
    500: '#42d844',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d844;
$custom-light: #8be57f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d844",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120.8,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77535,
    "c": 0.22568,
    "h": 143.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D844

secondary

#8B338A

accent

#3FE6E9

background

#FCFEFB

surface

#F4FCF2

border

#CED5CC

text

#0E160B

muted

#7F847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D844

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

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