#42D87D#42D87D

#42D87D is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.180 H 152.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42D87D
RGBrgb(66, 216, 125)
HSLhsl(144, 66%, 55%)
HSVhsv(144, 69%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(69.4%, 0%, 42.1%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(77.13, -59.10, 33.72)
CIE-LCHlch(77.13, 68.04, 150.29°)
OKLaboklab(78.27% -0.1593 0.0834)
OKLCHoklch(78.27% 0.18 152.4)
XYZxyz(30.5017, 51.7473, 27.7788)
Luminance0.5175 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42D87D #D8429D
analogous
#52D842 #42D87D #42D8C8
triadic
#42D87D #7D42D8 #D87D42
tetradic
#42D87D #4252D8 #D8429D #D8C842
square
#42D87D #4252D8 #D8429D #D8C842
split-complementary
#42D87D #C842D8 #D84252
monochromatic
#1B8445 #26B75F #42D87D #75E2A0 #A7EDC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85
#42D87D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35
#42D87D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D87D
11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42D87D#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42D87D1.001.8511.3511.35
#FFFFFF1.851.0021.0021.00
#00000011.3521.001.001.00
##00000011.3521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D8C676
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C6B983
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D5C2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42d87d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 216, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.180 152.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e5a3',
    500: '#42d87d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42d87d;
$custom-light: #89e5a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42d87d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 143.6,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78274,
    "c": 0.17982,
    "h": 152.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42D87D
secondary
#8B3368
accent
#3FA6E9
background
#FCFEFC
surface
#F4FCF5
border
#CED5CF
text
#0D160F
muted
#7F8480

Preview Lab

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#42D87D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva