#42D985#42D985

#42D985 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.174 H 154.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D985
RGB	rgb(66, 217, 133)
HSL	hsl(147, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(147, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 38.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.56, -58.05, 30.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.56, 65.44, 152.50°)
OKLab	oklab(78.67% -0.1567 0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(78.67% 0.174 154.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.2904, 52.4739, 30.6652)
Luminance	0.5248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D985 #D94296

analogous

#4AD942 #42D985 #42D9D1

triadic

#42D985 #8542D9 #D98542

tetradic

#42D985 #424AD9 #D94296 #D9D142

square

#42D985 #424AD9 #D94296 #D9D142

split-complementary

#42D985 #D142D9 #D9424A

monochromatic

#1B864A #25B967 #42D985 #75E3A6 #A8EDC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#42D985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#42D985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D985

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D985	1.00	1.83	11.50	11.50
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C87F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6BA8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 217, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.174 154.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e6a9',
    500: '#42d985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d985;
$custom-light: #89e6a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 146.623,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78673,
    "c": 0.1739,
    "h": 154.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D985

secondary

#8C3365

accent

#3E9EE9

background

#FCFEFC

surface

#F4FCF6

border

#CED5D0

text

#0D1610

muted

#7F8480

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D985

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

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