#42DC56#42DC56

#42DC56 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.218 H 145.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DC56
RGB	rgb(66, 220, 86)
HSL	hsl(128, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(128, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 0%, 60.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.88, -66.07, 53.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.88, 84.81, 141.17°)
OKLab	oklab(78.74% -0.1785 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(78.74% 0.218 145.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.5177, 53.0133, 17.4793)
Luminance	0.5302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DC56 #DC42C8

analogous

#7BDC42 #42DC56 #42DCA3

triadic

#42DC56 #5642DC #DC5642

tetradic

#42DC56 #427BDC #DC42C8 #DCA342

square

#42DC56 #427BDC #DC42C8 #DCA342

split-complementary

#42DC56 #A342DC #DC427B

monochromatic

#1A8A28 #23BE37 #42DC56 #76E684 #A9EFB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#42DC56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#42DC56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DC56

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DC56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DC56	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)

#E0C847

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBC61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dc56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 220, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.218 145.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be88a',
    500: '#42dc56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dc56;
$custom-light: #8be88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dc56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 127.792,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7874,
    "c": 0.21773,
    "h": 145.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DC56

secondary

#903284

accent

#3CD5EC

background

#FCFEFC

surface

#F4FDF4

border

#CED5CE

text

#0D160C

muted

#7F847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DC56

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

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