#42DC5C#42DC5C

#42DC5C is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.213 H 145.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DC5C
RGB	rgb(66, 220, 92)
HSL	hsl(130, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(130, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 0%, 58.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.94, -65.36, 50.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.94, 82.65, 142.26°)
OKLab	oklab(78.81% -0.1764 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(78.81% 0.213 145.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.7697, 53.1141, 18.8063)
Luminance	0.5312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DC5C #DC42C2

analogous

#75DC42 #42DC5C #42DCA9

triadic

#42DC5C #5C42DC #DC5C42

tetradic

#42DC5C #4275DC #DC42C2 #DCA942

square

#42DC5C #4275DC #DC42C2 #DCA942

split-complementary

#42DC5C #A942DC #DC4275

monochromatic

#1A8A2D #23BE3D #42DC5C #76E689 #A9EFB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#42DC5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62

#42DC5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DC5C

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DC5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DC5C	1.00	1.81	11.62	11.62
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC84F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBC66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dc5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 220, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.213 145.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be88e',
    500: '#42dc5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dc5c;
$custom-light: #8be88e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dc5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 130.13,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78809,
    "c": 0.21311,
    "h": 145.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DC5C

secondary

#903280

accent

#3CCEEC

background

#FCFEFC

surface

#F4FDF4

border

#CED5CE

text

#0D160C

muted

#7F847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DC5C

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

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