#42D955#42D955

#42D955 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.215 H 145.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D955
RGB	rgb(66, 217, 85)
HSL	hsl(128, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(128, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 60.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.94, -65.18, 52.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.94, 83.72, 141.13°)
OKLab	oklab(77.96% -0.1761 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(77.96% 0.215 145)
XYZ	xyz(28.6974, 51.4367, 17.0085)
Luminance	0.5144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D955 #D942C6

analogous

#7AD942 #42D955 #42D9A1

triadic

#42D955 #5542D9 #D95542

tetradic

#42D955 #427AD9 #D942C6 #D9A142

square

#42D955 #427AD9 #D942C6 #D9A142

split-complementary

#42D955 #A142D9 #D9427A

monochromatic

#1B8628 #25B938 #42D955 #75E383 #A8EDB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#42D955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#42D955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D955

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D955	1.00	1.86	11.29	11.29
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC546

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB960

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 217, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.215 145.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae689',
    500: '#42d955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d955;
$custom-light: #8ae689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 127.55,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77958,
    "c": 0.21496,
    "h": 145
  },
  "luminance": 0.5144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D955

secondary

#8C3381

accent

#3ED4E9

background

#FCFEFC

surface

#F4FCF4

border

#CED5CE

text

#0D160C

muted

#7F847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D955

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

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