#42DC4E#42DC4E

#42DC4E is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.224 H 144.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DC4E
RGB	rgb(66, 220, 78)
HSL	hsl(125, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(125, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 0%, 64.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.81, -66.93, 56.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.81, 87.57, 139.84°)
OKLab	oklab(78.66% -0.1812 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(78.66% 0.224 144.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.2132, 52.8915, 15.8758)
Luminance	0.5290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DC4E #DC42D0

analogous

#83DC42 #42DC4E #42DC9B

triadic

#42DC4E #4E42DC #DC4E42

tetradic

#42DC4E #4283DC #DC42D0 #DC9B42

square

#42DC4E #4283DC #DC42D0 #DC9B42

split-complementary

#42DC4E #9B42DC #DC4283

monochromatic

#1A8A22 #23BE2F #42DC4E #76E67E #A9EFAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#42DC4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.58

#42DC4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DC4E

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DC4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DC4E	1.00	1.81	11.58	11.58
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C83C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBC5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dc4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 220, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.224 144.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be885',
    500: '#42dc4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dc4e;
$custom-light: #8be885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dc4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 124.675,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78657,
    "c": 0.22353,
    "h": 144.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DC4E

secondary

#903289

accent

#3CDEEC

background

#FCFEFB

surface

#F5FDF2

border

#CFD5CC

text

#0E160B

muted

#7F847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DC4E

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

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