#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
RGBrgb(66, 217, 85)
HSLhsl(128, 67%, 55%)
HSVhsv(128, 70%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(69.6%, 0%, 60.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(76.94, -65.18, 52.53)
CIE-LCHlch(76.94, 83.72, 141.13°)
OKLaboklab(77.96% -0.1761 0.1232)
OKLCHoklch(77.96% 0.215 145)
XYZxyz(28.6974, 51.4367, 17.0085)
Luminance0.5144 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

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
##42D9551.001.8611.2911.29
#FFFFFF1.861.0021.0021.00
#00000011.2921.001.001.00
##00000011.2921.001.001.00

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

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#42D955 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva