#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
RGB	rgb(66, 217, 83)
HSL	hsl(127, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(127, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 61.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.92, -65.41, 53.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.92, 84.42, 140.78°)
OKLab	oklab(77.94% -0.1768 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(77.94% 0.216 144.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.6191, 51.4054, 16.5959)
Luminance	0.5141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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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
##42D953	1.00	1.86	11.28	11.28
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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