#42D962#42D962

#42D962 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.205 H 146.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D962
RGB	rgb(66, 217, 98)
HSL	hsl(133, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(133, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 54.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.08, -63.58, 46.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.08, 78.96, 143.63°)
OKLab	oklab(78.11% -0.1714 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(78.11% 0.205 146.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.2621, 51.6626, 19.9826)
Luminance	0.5167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D962 #D942B9

analogous

#6DD942 #42D962 #42D9AD

triadic

#42D962 #6242D9 #D96242

tetradic

#42D962 #426DD9 #D942B9 #D9AD42

square

#42D962 #426DD9 #D942B9 #D9AD42

split-complementary

#42D962 #AD42D9 #D9426D

monochromatic

#1B8632 #25B944 #42D962 #75E38C #A8EDB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#42D962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#42D962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D962

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D962	1.00	1.85	11.33	11.33
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC657

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB96B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 217, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.205 146.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae691',
    500: '#42d962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d962;
$custom-light: #8ae691;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 132.715,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78115,
    "c": 0.20466,
    "h": 146.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D962

secondary

#8C3379

accent

#3EC5E9

background

#FCFEFC

surface

#F4FCF4

border

#CED5CE

text

#0D160D

muted

#7F847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D962

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

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