#42D852#42D852

#42D852 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.216 H 144.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D852
RGB	rgb(66, 216, 82)
HSL	hsl(126, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(126, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 0%, 62%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.60, -65.18, 53.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.60, 84.30, 140.65°)
OKLab	oklab(77.67% -0.1763 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(77.67% 0.216 144.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.3238, 50.8761, 16.3084)
Luminance	0.5088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D852 #D842C8

analogous

#7DD842 #42D852 #42D89D

triadic

#42D852 #5242D8 #D85242

tetradic

#42D852 #427DD8 #D842C8 #D89D42

square

#42D852 #427DD8 #D842C8 #D89D42

split-complementary

#42D852 #9D42D8 #D8427D

monochromatic

#1B8427 #26B735 #42D852 #75E280 #A7EDAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#42D852 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#42D852 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D852

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D852	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D852	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC443

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB85D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#02D2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d852;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 216, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.216 144.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae587',
    500: '#42d852',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d852;
$custom-light: #8ae587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d852",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 126.4,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77669,
    "c": 0.21604,
    "h": 144.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D852

secondary

#8B3382

accent

#3FD7E9

background

#FCFEFC

surface

#F4FCF3

border

#CED5CD

text

#0D160C

muted

#7F847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D852

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

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