#42D869#42D869

#42D869 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.198 H 148.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D869
RGB	rgb(66, 216, 105)
HSL	hsl(136, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(136, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 0%, 51.4%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.85, -62.27, 43.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.85, 75.81, 145.22°)
OKLab	oklab(77.96% -0.1677 0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(77.96% 0.198 148.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.3502, 51.2867, 21.7144)
Luminance	0.5129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D869 #D842B1

analogous

#66D842 #42D869 #42D8B4

triadic

#42D869 #6942D8 #D86942

tetradic

#42D869 #4266D8 #D842B1 #D8B442

square

#42D869 #4266D8 #D842B1 #D8B442

split-complementary

#42D869 #B442D8 #D84266

monochromatic

#1B8437 #26B74C #42D869 #75E291 #A7EDBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#42D869 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#42D869 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D869

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D869	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D869	1.00	1.87	11.26	11.26
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC55F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B971

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d869;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 216, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.198 148.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e596',
    500: '#42d869',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d869;
$custom-light: #89e596;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d869",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 135.6,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77955,
    "c": 0.19752,
    "h": 148.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D869

secondary

#8B3374

accent

#3FBDE9

background

#FCFEFC

surface

#F4FCF5

border

#CED5CF

text

#0D160D

muted

#7F847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D869

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

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