#42D85B#42D85B

#42D85B is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.209 H 145.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D85B
RGB	rgb(66, 216, 91)
HSL	hsl(130, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(130, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 0%, 57.9%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.69, -64.14, 49.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.69, 81.07, 142.30°)
OKLab	oklab(77.77% -0.1731 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(77.77% 0.209 145.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.6890, 51.0222, 18.2318)
Luminance	0.5102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D85B #D842BF

analogous

#74D842 #42D85B #42D8A6

triadic

#42D85B #5B42D8 #D85B42

tetradic

#42D85B #4274D8 #D842BF #D8A642

square

#42D85B #4274D8 #D842BF #D8A642

split-complementary

#42D85B #A642D8 #D84274

monochromatic

#1B842D #26B73E #42D85B #75E287 #A7EDB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#42D85B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#42D85B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D85B

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D85B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D85B	1.00	1.87	11.21	11.21
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC54E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B865

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d85b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 216, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.209 145.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae58d',
    500: '#42d85b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d85b;
$custom-light: #8ae58d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d85b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 130,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7777,
    "c": 0.20913,
    "h": 145.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D85B

secondary

#8B337C

accent

#3FCCE9

background

#FCFEFC

surface

#F4FCF4

border

#CED5CE

text

#0D160C

muted

#7F847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D85B

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

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