#42D845#42D845

#42D845 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.225 H 143.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D845
RGB	rgb(66, 216, 69)
HSL	hsl(121, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(121, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 0%, 68.1%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.49, -66.49, 58.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.49, 88.67, 138.58°)
OKLab	oklab(77.54% -0.1804 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(77.54% 0.225 143.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.8751, 50.6966, 13.9454)
Luminance	0.5070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D845 #D842D5

analogous

#8AD842 #42D845 #42D890

triadic

#42D845 #4542D8 #D84542

tetradic

#42D845 #428AD8 #D842D5 #D89042

square

#42D845 #428AD8 #D842D5 #D89042

split-complementary

#42D845 #9042D8 #D8428A

monochromatic

#1B841D #26B729 #42D845 #75E277 #A7EDA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#42D845 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#42D845 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D845

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D845	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D845	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)

#DCC430

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB853

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#10D2BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d845;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 216, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.225 143.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be580',
    500: '#42d845',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d845;
$custom-light: #8be580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d845",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 121.2,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77543,
    "c": 0.22504,
    "h": 143.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D845

secondary

#8B3389

accent

#3FE5E9

background

#FCFEFB

surface

#F4FCF2

border

#CED5CC

text

#0D160B

muted

#7F847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D845

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

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