#42DC5B#42DC5B

#42DC5B is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.214 H 145.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42DC5B
RGBrgb(66, 220, 91)
HSLhsl(130, 69%, 56%)
HSVhsv(130, 70%, 86%)
CMYKcmyk(70%, 0%, 58.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LABlab(77.93, -65.49, 51.02)
CIE-LCHlch(77.93, 83.02, 142.08°)
OKLaboklab(78.8% -0.1767 0.1205)
OKLCHoklch(78.8% 0.214 145.7)
XYZxyz(29.7262, 53.0967, 18.5776)
Luminance0.5310 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42DC5B #DC42C3
analogous
#76DC42 #42DC5B #42DCA8
triadic
#42DC5B #5B42DC #DC5B42
tetradic
#42DC5B #4276DC #DC42C3 #DCA842
square
#42DC5B #4276DC #DC42C3 #DCA842
split-complementary
#42DC5B #A842DC #DC4276
monochromatic
#1A8A2C #23BE3C #42DC5B #76E688 #A9EFB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81
#42DC5B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62
#42DC5B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DC5B
11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42DC5B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42DC5B1.001.8111.6211.62
#FFFFFF1.811.0021.0021.00
#00000011.6221.001.001.00
##00000011.6221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#DFC84E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CDBC65
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D7C0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42dc5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 220, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.214 145.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be88d',
    500: '#42dc5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42dc5b;
$custom-light: #8be88d;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42dc5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 129.74,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78797,
    "c": 0.2139,
    "h": 145.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42DC5B
secondary
#903281
accent
#3CCFEC
background
#FCFEFC
surface
#F4FDF4
border
#CED5CE
text
#0D160C
muted
#7F847F

Preview Lab

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#42DC5B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva