#42D953#42D953

#42D953 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.216 H 144.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42D953
RGBrgb(66, 217, 83)
HSLhsl(127, 67%, 55%)
HSVhsv(127, 70%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(69.6%, 0%, 61.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(76.92, -65.41, 53.38)
CIE-LCHlch(76.92, 84.42, 140.78°)
OKLaboklab(77.94% -0.1768 0.1249)
OKLCHoklch(77.94% 0.216 144.8)
XYZxyz(28.6191, 51.4054, 16.5959)
Luminance0.5141 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42D953 #D942C8
analogous
#7CD942 #42D953 #42D99E
triadic
#42D953 #5342D9 #D95342
tetradic
#42D953 #427CD9 #D942C8 #D99E42
square
#42D953 #427CD9 #D942C8 #D99E42
split-complementary
#42D953 #9E42D9 #D9427C
monochromatic
#1B8627 #25B936 #42D953 #75E381 #A8EDB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86
#42D953 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28
#42D953 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D953
11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42D953#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42D9531.001.8611.2811.28
#FFFFFF1.861.0021.0021.00
#00000011.2821.001.001.00
##00000011.2821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#DDC544
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CBB95E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D3BD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42d953;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 217, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.216 144.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae688',
    500: '#42d953',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42d953;
$custom-light: #8ae688;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42d953",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 126.755,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77937,
    "c": 0.21646,
    "h": 144.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42D953
secondary
#8C3382
accent
#3ED6E9
background
#FCFEFC
surface
#F4FCF4
border
#CED5CE
text
#0D160C
muted
#7F847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D953

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#42D953 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva