#42DB42#42DB42

#42DB42 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.230 H 143.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DB42
RGB	rgb(66, 219, 66)
HSL	hsl(120, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(120, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 69.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.41, -67.72, 60.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.41, 90.99, 138.10°)
OKLab	oklab(78.29% -0.1839 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(78.29% 0.23 143)
XYZ	xyz(28.5599, 52.2115, 13.7259)
Luminance	0.5222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DB42 #DB42DB

analogous

#8EDB42 #42DB42 #42DB8E

triadic

#42DB42 #4242DB #DB4242

tetradic

#42DB42 #428EDB #DB42DB #DB8E42

square

#42DB42 #428EDB #DB42DB #DB8E42

split-complementary

#42DB42 #8E42DB #DB428E

monochromatic

#1A891A #24BC24 #42DB42 #75E575 #A9EFA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#42DB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#42DB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DB42

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DB42	1.00	1.84	11.44	11.44
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C72A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0ED5BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42db42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 219, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.230 143.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be77e',
    500: '#42db42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42db42;
$custom-light: #8be77e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42db42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78293,
    "c": 0.23028,
    "h": 143
  },
  "luminance": 0.52215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DB42

secondary

#8F338F

accent

#3DEBEB

background

#FCFEFB

surface

#F5FDF2

border

#CFD5CC

text

#0E160B

muted

#7F847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DB42

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

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