#42D853#42D853

#42D853 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.215 H 144.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D853
RGB	rgb(66, 216, 83)
HSL	hsl(127, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(127, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 0%, 61.6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.61, -65.07, 53.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.61, 83.94, 140.82°)
OKLab	oklab(77.68% -0.1759 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(77.68% 0.215 144.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.3621, 50.8914, 16.5102)
Luminance	0.5090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D853 #D842C7

analogous

#7CD842 #42D853 #42D89E

triadic

#42D853 #5342D8 #D85342

tetradic

#42D853 #427CD8 #D842C7 #D89E42

square

#42D853 #427CD8 #D842C7 #D89E42

split-complementary

#42D853 #9E42D8 #D8427C

monochromatic

#1B8427 #26B736 #42D853 #75E281 #A7EDAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#42D853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#42D853 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D853

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D853	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)

#DCC444

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB85E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#01D2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 216, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.215 144.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae588',
    500: '#42d853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d853;
$custom-light: #8ae588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 126.8,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77679,
    "c": 0.2153,
    "h": 144.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D853

secondary

#8B3381

accent

#3FD6E9

background

#FCFEFC

surface

#F4FCF4

border

#CED5CE

text

#0D160C

muted

#7F847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D853

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →