#42DB8E#42DB8E

#42DB8E is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.168 H 156.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DB8E
RGB	rgb(66, 219, 142)
HSL	hsl(150, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(150, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 35.2%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.33, -57.10, 26.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.33, 63.00, 155.01°)
OKLab	oklab(79.35% -0.1546 0.0669)
OKLCH	oklch(79.35% 0.168 156.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.4577, 53.7706, 34.2541)
Luminance	0.5377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DB8E #DB428F

analogous

#42DB42 #42DB8E #42DBDA

triadic

#42DB8E #8E42DB #DB8E42

tetradic

#42DB8E #4242DB #DB428F #DBDA42

square

#42DB8E #4242DB #DB428F #DBDA42

split-complementary

#42DB8E #DA42DB #DB4242

monochromatic

#1A8951 #24BC6F #42DB8E #75E5AD #A9EFCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#42DB8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#42DB8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DB8E

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DB8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DB8E	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)

#DACA89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7BC93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42db8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 219, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.168 156.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e7af',
    500: '#42db8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42db8e;
$custom-light: #89e7af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42db8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 149.804,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79353,
    "c": 0.16846,
    "h": 156.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DB8E

secondary

#8F3361

accent

#3D94EB

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF7

border

#CED5D0

text

#0D1610

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DB8E

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

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