#42D958#42D958

#42D958 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.213 H 145.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D958
RGB	rgb(66, 217, 88)
HSL	hsl(129, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(129, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 59.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.97, -64.84, 51.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.97, 82.64, 141.68°)
OKLab	oklab(77.99% -0.1751 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(77.99% 0.213 145.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.8191, 51.4854, 17.6495)
Luminance	0.5149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D958 #D942C3

analogous

#77D942 #42D958 #42D9A4

triadic

#42D958 #5842D9 #D95842

tetradic

#42D958 #4277D9 #D942C3 #D9A442

square

#42D958 #4277D9 #D942C3 #D9A442

split-complementary

#42D958 #A442D9 #D94277

monochromatic

#1B862A #25B93B #42D958 #75E385 #A8EDB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#42D958 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#42D958 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D958

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D958	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D958	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC54A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB963

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d958;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 217, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.213 145.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae68b',
    500: '#42d958',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d958;
$custom-light: #8ae68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d958",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 128.742,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77992,
    "c": 0.21267,
    "h": 145.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D958

secondary

#8C337F

accent

#3ED1E9

background

#FCFEFC

surface

#F4FCF4

border

#CED5CE

text

#0D160C

muted

#7F847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D958

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

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