#42DB8D#42DB8D

#42DB8D is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.169 H 156.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DB8D
RGB	rgb(66, 219, 141)
HSL	hsl(149, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(149, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 35.6%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.31, -57.29, 27.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.31, 63.38, 154.68°)
OKLab	oklab(79.33% -0.1551 0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(79.33% 0.169 156.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.3830, 53.7407, 33.8605)
Luminance	0.5374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DB8D #DB4290

analogous

#43DB42 #42DB8D #42DBDA

triadic

#42DB8D #8D42DB #DB8D42

tetradic

#42DB8D #4243DB #DB4290 #DBDA42

square

#42DB8D #4243DB #DB4290 #DBDA42

split-complementary

#42DB8D #DA42DB #DB4243

monochromatic

#1A8950 #24BC6E #42DB8D #75E5AC #A9EFCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#42DB8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#42DB8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DB8D

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DB8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DB8D	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DACA88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7BC92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42db8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 219, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.169 156.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e7af',
    500: '#42db8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42db8d;
$custom-light: #89e7af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42db8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 149.412,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79333,
    "c": 0.16935,
    "h": 156.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DB8D

secondary

#8F3362

accent

#3D96EB

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF7

border

#CED5D0

text

#0D1610

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DB8D

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

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