#42D969#42D969

#42D969 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.199 H 148.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D969
RGB	rgb(66, 217, 105)
HSL	hsl(135, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(135, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 51.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.16, -62.62, 43.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.16, 76.31, 145.14°)
OKLab	oklab(78.21% -0.1687 0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(78.21% 0.199 148.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.6072, 51.8006, 21.8000)
Luminance	0.5180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D969 #D942B2

analogous

#66D942 #42D969 #42D9B5

triadic

#42D969 #6942D9 #D96942

tetradic

#42D969 #4266D9 #D942B2 #D9B542

square

#42D969 #4266D9 #D942B2 #D9B542

split-complementary

#42D969 #B542D9 #D94266

monochromatic

#1B8636 #25B94B #42D969 #75E391 #A8EDBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#42D969 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#42D969 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D969

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D969	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D969	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC65F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9BA71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d969;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 217, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.199 148.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e696',
    500: '#42d969',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d969;
$custom-light: #89e696;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d969",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 135.497,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7821,
    "c": 0.19876,
    "h": 148.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D969

secondary

#8C3375

accent

#3EBDE9

background

#FCFEFC

surface

#F4FCF5

border

#CED5CF

text

#0D160D

muted

#7F847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D969

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

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