#42D97A#42D97A

#42D97A is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.184 H 151.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42D97A
RGBrgb(66, 217, 122)
HSLhsl(142, 67%, 55%)
HSVhsv(142, 70%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(69.6%, 0%, 43.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(77.39, -59.98, 35.57)
CIE-LCHlch(77.39, 69.73, 149.33°)
OKLaboklab(78.47% -0.1616 0.0876)
OKLCHoklch(78.47% 0.184 151.5)
XYZxyz(30.5699, 52.1857, 26.8703)
Luminance0.5219 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42D97A #D942A1
analogous
#55D942 #42D97A #42D9C6
triadic
#42D97A #7A42D9 #D97A42
tetradic
#42D97A #4255D9 #D942A1 #D9C642
square
#42D97A #4255D9 #D942A1 #D9C642
split-complementary
#42D97A #C642D9 #D94255
monochromatic
#1B8643 #25B95C #42D97A #75E39E #A8EDC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84
#42D97A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44
#42D97A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D97A
11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42D97A#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42D97A1.001.8411.4411.44
#FFFFFF1.841.0021.0021.00
#00000011.4421.001.001.00
##00000011.4421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#DAC773
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C7BA81
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D6C2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42d97a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 217, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.184 151.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e6a1',
    500: '#42d97a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42d97a;
$custom-light: #89e6a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42d97a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 142.252,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78475,
    "c": 0.18379,
    "h": 151.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42D97A
secondary
#8C336B
accent
#3EAAE9
background
#FCFEFC
surface
#F4FCF5
border
#CED5CF
text
#0D160F
muted
#7F8480

Preview Lab

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#42D97A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva