#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
RGBrgb(66, 216, 137)
HSLhsl(148, 66%, 55%)
HSVhsv(148, 69%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(69.4%, 0%, 36.6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(77.32, -56.92, 27.85)
CIE-LCHlch(77.32, 63.37, 153.93°)
OKLaboklab(78.5% -0.1539 0.0698)
OKLCHoklch(78.5% 0.169 155.6)
XYZxyz(31.3151, 52.0726, 32.0627)
Luminance0.5208 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##42D8891.001.8411.4211.42
#FFFFFF1.841.0021.0021.00
#00000011.4221.001.001.00
##00000011.4221.001.001.00

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

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#42D889 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva