#42DC48#42DC48

#42DC48 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.228 H 143.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DC48
RGB	rgb(66, 220, 72)
HSL	hsl(122, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(122, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 0%, 67.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.76, -67.51, 58.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.76, 89.55, 138.93°)
OKLab	oklab(78.6% -0.183 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(78.6% 0.228 143.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.0079, 52.8093, 14.7941)
Luminance	0.5281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DC48 #DC42D6

analogous

#89DC42 #42DC48 #42DC95

triadic

#42DC48 #4842DC #DC4842

tetradic

#42DC48 #4289DC #DC42D6 #DC9542

square

#42DC48 #4289DC #DC42D6 #DC9542

split-complementary

#42DC48 #9542DC #DC4289

monochromatic

#1A8A1E #23BE29 #42DC48 #76E67A #A9EFAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#42DC48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.56

#42DC48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DC48

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DC48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DC48	1.00	1.82	11.56	11.56
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C833

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#06D6BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dc48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 220, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.228 143.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be882',
    500: '#42dc48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dc48;
$custom-light: #8be882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dc48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 122.338,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78601,
    "c": 0.22759,
    "h": 143.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DC48

secondary

#90328C

accent

#3CE5EC

background

#FCFEFB

surface

#F5FDF2

border

#CFD5CC

text

#0E160B

muted

#7F847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DC48

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

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