#42DC55#42DC55

#42DC55 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.218 H 144.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DC55
RGB	rgb(66, 220, 85)
HSL	hsl(127, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(127, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 0%, 61.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.87, -66.18, 53.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.87, 85.16, 141.00°)
OKLab	oklab(78.73% -0.1788 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(78.73% 0.218 144.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.4777, 52.9973, 17.2686)
Luminance	0.5300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DC55 #DC42C9

analogous

#7CDC42 #42DC55 #42DCA2

triadic

#42DC55 #5542DC #DC5542

tetradic

#42DC55 #427CDC #DC42C9 #DCA242

square

#42DC55 #427CDC #DC42C9 #DCA242

split-complementary

#42DC55 #A242DC #DC427C

monochromatic

#1A8A27 #23BE36 #42DC55 #76E683 #A9EFB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#42DC55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#42DC55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DC55

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DC55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DC55	1.00	1.81	11.60	11.60
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C846

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBC60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dc55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 220, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.218 144.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be889',
    500: '#42dc55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dc55;
$custom-light: #8be889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dc55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 127.403,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78729,
    "c": 0.21848,
    "h": 144.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DC55

secondary

#903284

accent

#3CD6EC

background

#FCFEFC

surface

#F4FDF4

border

#CED5CE

text

#0D160C

muted

#7F847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DC55

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

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