#42DB56#42DB56

#42DB56 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.217 H 145.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DB56
RGB	rgb(66, 219, 86)
HSL	hsl(128, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(128, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 60.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.57, -65.74, 52.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.57, 84.33, 141.22°)
OKLab	oklab(78.48% -0.1776 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(78.48% 0.217 145.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.2560, 52.4900, 17.3920)
Luminance	0.5249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DB56 #DB42C7

analogous

#7ADB42 #42DB56 #42DBA2

triadic

#42DB56 #5642DB #DB5642

tetradic

#42DB56 #427ADB #DB42C7 #DBA242

square

#42DB56 #427ADB #DB42C7 #DBA242

split-complementary

#42DB56 #A242DB #DB427A

monochromatic

#1A8928 #24BC38 #42DB56 #75E584 #A9EFB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#42DB56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#42DB56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DB56

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DB56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DB56	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)

#DFC747

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBB61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42db56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 219, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.217 145.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be78a',
    500: '#42db56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42db56;
$custom-light: #8be78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42db56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 127.843,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78483,
    "c": 0.21655,
    "h": 145.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DB56

secondary

#8F3383

accent

#3DD4EB

background

#FCFEFC

surface

#F4FDF4

border

#CED5CE

text

#0D160C

muted

#7F847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DB56

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

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