#42D85E#42D85E

#42D85E is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.207 H 146.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D85E
RGB	rgb(66, 216, 94)
HSL	hsl(131, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(131, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 0%, 56.5%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.72, -63.76, 48.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.72, 79.96, 142.88°)
OKLab	oklab(77.81% -0.172 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(77.81% 0.207 146.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.8210, 51.0750, 18.9271)
Luminance	0.5108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D85E #D842BC

analogous

#71D842 #42D85E #42D8A9

triadic

#42D85E #5E42D8 #D85E42

tetradic

#42D85E #4271D8 #D842BC #D8A942

square

#42D85E #4271D8 #D842BC #D8A942

split-complementary

#42D85E #A942D8 #D84271

monochromatic

#1B842F #26B741 #42D85E #75E289 #A7EDB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#42D85E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#42D85E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D85E

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D85E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D85E	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC552

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B968

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d85e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 216, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.207 146.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae58f',
    500: '#42d85e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d85e;
$custom-light: #8ae58f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d85e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 131.2,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77807,
    "c": 0.20672,
    "h": 146.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D85E

secondary

#8B337B

accent

#3FC9E9

background

#FCFEFC

surface

#F4FCF4

border

#CED5CE

text

#0D160D

muted

#7F847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D85E

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

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