#42DC5A#42DC5A

#42DC5A is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.215 H 145.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42DC5A
RGBrgb(66, 220, 90)
HSLhsl(129, 69%, 56%)
HSVhsv(129, 70%, 86%)
CMYKcmyk(70%, 0%, 59.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LABlab(77.92, -65.61, 51.46)
CIE-LCHlch(77.92, 83.38, 141.89°)
OKLaboklab(78.79% -0.1771 0.1213)
OKLCHoklch(78.79% 0.215 145.6)
XYZxyz(29.6834, 53.0796, 18.3519)
Luminance0.5308 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42DC5A #DC42C4
analogous
#77DC42 #42DC5A #42DCA7
triadic
#42DC5A #5A42DC #DC5A42
tetradic
#42DC5A #4277DC #DC42C4 #DCA742
square
#42DC5A #4277DC #DC42C4 #DCA742
split-complementary
#42DC5A #A742DC #DC4277
monochromatic
#1A8A2B #23BE3B #42DC5A #76E687 #A9EFB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81
#42DC5A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62
#42DC5A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DC5A
11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42DC5A#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42DC5A1.001.8111.6211.62
#FFFFFF1.811.0021.0021.00
#00000011.6221.001.001.00
##00000011.6221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#DFC84C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CDBC65
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D7C0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42dc5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 220, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.215 145.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be88d',
    500: '#42dc5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42dc5a;
$custom-light: #8be88d;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42dc5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 129.351,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78785,
    "c": 0.21468,
    "h": 145.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42DC5A
secondary
#903281
accent
#3CD0EC
background
#FCFEFC
surface
#F4FDF4
border
#CED5CE
text
#0D160C
muted
#7F847F

Preview Lab

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#42DC5A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva