#42DC42#42DC42

#42DC42 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.231 H 143.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DC42
RGB	rgb(66, 220, 66)
HSL	hsl(120, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(120, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 0%, 70%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.72, -68.04, 61.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.72, 91.44, 138.08°)
OKLab	oklab(78.55% -0.1847 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(78.55% 0.231 143)
XYZ	xyz(28.8216, 52.7348, 13.8131)
Luminance	0.5274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DC42 #DC42DC

analogous

#8FDC42 #42DC42 #42DC8F

triadic

#42DC42 #4242DC #DC4242

tetradic

#42DC42 #428FDC #DC42DC #DC8F42

square

#42DC42 #428FDC #DC42DC #DC8F42

split-complementary

#42DC42 #8F42DC #DC428F

monochromatic

#1A8A1A #23BE23 #42DC42 #76E676 #A9EFA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#42DC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.55

#42DC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DC42

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DC42	1.00	1.82	11.55	11.55
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C82A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0CD6BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dc42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 220, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.231 143.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce87f',
    500: '#42dc42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dc42;
$custom-light: #8ce87f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dc42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78551,
    "c": 0.23138,
    "h": 143
  },
  "luminance": 0.52738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DC42

secondary

#903290

accent

#3CECEC

background

#FCFEFB

surface

#F5FDF2

border

#CFD5CC

text

#0E160B

muted

#7F847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DC42

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

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