#42D889#42D889

#42D889 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.169 H 155.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D889
RGB	rgb(66, 216, 137)
HSL	hsl(148, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(148, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 0%, 36.6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.32, -56.92, 27.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.32, 63.37, 153.93°)
OKLab	oklab(78.5% -0.1539 0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(78.5% 0.169 155.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.3151, 52.0726, 32.0627)
Luminance	0.5208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D889 #D84291

analogous

#46D842 #42D889 #42D8D4

triadic

#42D889 #8942D8 #D88942

tetradic

#42D889 #4246D8 #D84291 #D8D442

square

#42D889 #4246D8 #D84291 #D8D442

split-complementary

#42D889 #D442D8 #D84246

monochromatic

#1B844D #26B76B #42D889 #75E2A9 #A7EDC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#42D889 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#42D889 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D889

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D889	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D889	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C784

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4BA8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d889;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 216, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.169 155.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e5ac',
    500: '#42d889',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d889;
$custom-light: #89e5ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d889",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 148.4,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78498,
    "c": 0.16903,
    "h": 155.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D889

secondary

#8B3361

accent

#3F98E9

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF7

border

#CED5D0

text

#0D1610

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D889

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

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