#42DB59#42DB59

#42DB59 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.214 H 145.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DB59
RGB	rgb(66, 219, 89)
HSL	hsl(129, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(129, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 59.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.60, -65.39, 51.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.60, 83.25, 141.76°)
OKLab	oklab(78.52% -0.1766 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(78.52% 0.214 145.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.3794, 52.5393, 18.0420)
Luminance	0.5254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DB59 #DB42C4

analogous

#77DB42 #42DB59 #42DBA6

triadic

#42DB59 #5942DB #DB5942

tetradic

#42DB59 #4277DB #DB42C4 #DBA642

square

#42DB59 #4277DB #DB42C4 #DBA642

split-complementary

#42DB59 #A642DB #DB4277

monochromatic

#1A892B #24BC3B #42DB59 #75E586 #A9EFB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#42DB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.51

#42DB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DB59

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DB59	1.00	1.82	11.51	11.51
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC74B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBB64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42db59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 219, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.214 145.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae78c',
    500: '#42db59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42db59;
$custom-light: #8ae78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42db59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 129.02,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78517,
    "c": 0.21427,
    "h": 145.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DB59

secondary

#8F3381

accent

#3DD1EB

background

#FCFEFC

surface

#F4FDF4

border

#CED5CE

text

#0D160C

muted

#7F847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DB59

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

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