#42DC5D#42DC5D

#42DC5D is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.212 H 146.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DC5D
RGB	rgb(66, 220, 93)
HSL	hsl(131, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(131, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 0%, 57.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.95, -65.24, 50.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.95, 82.29, 142.45°)
OKLab	oklab(78.82% -0.176 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(78.82% 0.212 146)
XYZ	xyz(29.8137, 53.1317, 19.0380)
Luminance	0.5313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DC5D #DC42C1

analogous

#74DC42 #42DC5D #42DCAA

triadic

#42DC5D #5D42DC #DC5D42

tetradic

#42DC5D #4274DC #DC42C1 #DCAA42

square

#42DC5D #4274DC #DC42C1 #DCAA42

split-complementary

#42DC5D #AA42DC #DC4274

monochromatic

#1A8A2D #23BE3E #42DC5D #76E689 #A9EFB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#42DC5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.63

#42DC5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DC5D

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DC5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DC5D	1.00	1.81	11.63	11.63
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC850

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBC67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dc5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 220, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.212 146.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae88e',
    500: '#42dc5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dc5d;
$custom-light: #8ae88e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dc5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 130.519,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7882,
    "c": 0.21233,
    "h": 146
  },
  "luminance": 0.53135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DC5D

secondary

#90327F

accent

#3CCDEC

background

#FCFEFC

surface

#F4FDF4

border

#CED5CE

text

#0D160D

muted

#7F847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DC5D

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

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