#42D85D#42D85D

#42D85D is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.208 H 146.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42D85D
RGBrgb(66, 216, 93)
HSLhsl(131, 66%, 55%)
HSVhsv(131, 69%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(69.4%, 0%, 56.9%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(76.71, -63.89, 48.70)
CIE-LCHlch(76.71, 80.33, 142.69°)
OKLaboklab(77.8% -0.1724 0.1156)
OKLCHoklch(77.8% 0.208 146.2)
XYZxyz(28.7764, 51.0571, 18.6923)
Luminance0.5106 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42D85D #D842BD
analogous
#72D842 #42D85D #42D8A8
triadic
#42D85D #5D42D8 #D85D42
tetradic
#42D85D #4272D8 #D842BD #D8A842
square
#42D85D #4272D8 #D842BD #D8A842
split-complementary
#42D85D #A842D8 #D84272
monochromatic
#1B842E #26B740 #42D85D #75E288 #A7EDB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87
#42D85D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21
#42D85D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D85D
11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42D85D#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42D85D1.001.8711.2111.21
#FFFFFF1.871.0021.0021.00
#00000011.2121.001.001.00
##00000011.2121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#DBC551
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C9B967
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D3BD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42d85d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 216, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.208 146.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae58e',
    500: '#42d85d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42d85d;
$custom-light: #8ae58e;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42d85d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 130.8,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77795,
    "c": 0.20753,
    "h": 146.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42D85D
secondary
#8B337B
accent
#3FCAE9
background
#FCFEFC
surface
#F4FCF4
border
#CED5CE
text
#0D160C
muted
#7F847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D85D

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#42D85D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva