#42DC49#42DC49

#42DC49 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.227 H 143.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DC49
RGB	rgb(66, 220, 73)
HSL	hsl(123, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(123, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 0%, 66.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.77, -67.42, 58.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.77, 89.23, 139.07°)
OKLab	oklab(78.61% -0.1827 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(78.61% 0.227 143.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.0407, 52.8225, 14.9673)
Luminance	0.5283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DC49 #DC42D5

analogous

#88DC42 #42DC49 #42DC96

triadic

#42DC49 #4942DC #DC4942

tetradic

#42DC49 #4288DC #DC42D5 #DC9642

square

#42DC49 #4288DC #DC42D5 #DC9642

split-complementary

#42DC49 #9642DC #DC4288

monochromatic

#1A8A1F #23BE2A #42DC49 #76E67B #A9EFAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#42DC49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#42DC49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DC49

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DC49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DC49	1.00	1.82	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C835

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#05D6BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dc49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 220, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.227 143.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be882',
    500: '#42dc49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dc49;
$custom-light: #8be882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dc49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 122.727,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7861,
    "c": 0.22694,
    "h": 143.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DC49

secondary

#90328C

accent

#3CE4EC

background

#FCFEFB

surface

#F5FDF2

border

#CFD5CC

text

#0E160B

muted

#7F847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DC49

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

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