#42D940#42D940

#42D940 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.229 H 142.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D940
RGB	rgb(66, 217, 64)
HSL	hsl(119, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(119, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 70.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.77, -67.25, 60.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.77, 90.69, 137.86°)
OKLab	oklab(77.76% -0.1827 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(77.76% 0.229 142.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.9834, 51.1511, 13.2479)
Luminance	0.5115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D940 #D740D9

analogous

#8ED940 #42D940 #40D98B

triadic

#42D940 #4042D9 #D94042

tetradic

#42D940 #408ED9 #D740D9 #D98B40

square

#42D940 #408ED9 #D740D9 #D98B40

split-complementary

#42D940 #8B40D9 #D9408E

monochromatic

#1C841A #26B724 #42D940 #75E373 #A7EDA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#42D940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#42D940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D940

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D940	1.00	1.87	11.23	11.23
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC527

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB94F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#12D3BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 217, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.229 142.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be67d',
    500: '#42d940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d940;
$custom-light: #8be67d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 119.216,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7776,
    "c": 0.22928,
    "h": 142.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D940

secondary

#8A328B

accent

#3EEAE7

background

#FCFEFB

surface

#F5FDF2

border

#CFD5CC

text

#0E160A

muted

#7F847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D940

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

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