#42D850#42D850

#42D850 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.217 H 144.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D850
RGB	rgb(66, 216, 80)
HSL	hsl(126, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(126, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 0%, 63%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.59, -65.40, 54.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.59, 84.99, 140.31°)
OKLab	oklab(77.65% -0.1769 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(77.65% 0.217 144.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.2488, 50.8461, 15.9134)
Luminance	0.5085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D850 #D842CA

analogous

#7FD842 #42D850 #42D89B

triadic

#42D850 #5042D8 #D85042

tetradic

#42D850 #427FD8 #D842CA #D89B42

square

#42D850 #427FD8 #D842CA #D89B42

split-complementary

#42D850 #9B42D8 #D8427F

monochromatic

#1B8425 #26B733 #42D850 #75E27F #A7EDAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#42D850 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#42D850 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D850

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D850	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D850	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC440

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB85C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#04D2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d850;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 216, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.217 144.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae586',
    500: '#42d850',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d850;
$custom-light: #8ae586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d850",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 125.6,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77648,
    "c": 0.21749,
    "h": 144.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D850

secondary

#8B3383

accent

#3FD9E9

background

#FCFEFB

surface

#F4FCF2

border

#CED5CC

text

#0D160B

muted

#7F847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D850

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

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