#42D945#42D945

#42D945 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.226 H 143.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D945
RGB	rgb(66, 217, 69)
HSL	hsl(121, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(121, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 68.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.81, -66.81, 58.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.81, 89.13, 138.56°)
OKLab	oklab(77.8% -0.1812 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(77.8% 0.226 143.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.1321, 51.2106, 14.0311)
Luminance	0.5121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D945 #D942D6

analogous

#8AD942 #42D945 #42D990

triadic

#42D945 #4542D9 #D94542

tetradic

#42D945 #428AD9 #D942D6 #D99042

square

#42D945 #428AD9 #D942D6 #D99042

split-complementary

#42D945 #9042D9 #D9428A

monochromatic

#1B861D #25B928 #42D945 #75E377 #A8EDA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#42D945 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#42D945 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D945

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D945	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D945	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC530

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB953

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0ED3BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d945;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 217, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.226 143.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be680',
    500: '#42d945',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d945;
$custom-light: #8be680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d945",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 121.192,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77801,
    "c": 0.22617,
    "h": 143.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D945

secondary

#8C338A

accent

#3EE6E9

background

#FCFEFB

surface

#F5FDF2

border

#CFD5CC

text

#0E160B

muted

#7F847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D945

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

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