#42DC5E#42DC5E

#42DC5E is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.212 H 146.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42DC5E
RGBrgb(66, 220, 94)
HSLhsl(131, 69%, 56%)
HSVhsv(131, 70%, 86%)
CMYKcmyk(70%, 0%, 57.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LABlab(77.96, -65.12, 49.71)
CIE-LCHlch(77.96, 81.92, 142.64°)
OKLaboklab(78.83% -0.1756 0.1179)
OKLCHoklch(78.83% 0.212 146.1)
XYZxyz(29.8582, 53.1495, 19.2728)
Luminance0.5315 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42DC5E #DC42C0
analogous
#73DC42 #42DC5E #42DCAB
triadic
#42DC5E #5E42DC #DC5E42
tetradic
#42DC5E #4273DC #DC42C0 #DCAB42
square
#42DC5E #4273DC #DC42C0 #DCAB42
split-complementary
#42DC5E #AB42DC #DC4273
monochromatic
#1A8A2E #23BE3F #42DC5E #76E68A #A9EFB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81
#42DC5E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.63
#42DC5E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DC5E
11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42DC5E#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42DC5E1.001.8111.6311.63
#FFFFFF1.811.0021.0021.00
#00000011.6321.001.001.00
##00000011.6321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#DFC851
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CDBC68
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D7C0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42dc5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 220, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.212 146.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae88f',
    500: '#42dc5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42dc5e;
$custom-light: #8ae88f;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42dc5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 130.909,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78833,
    "c": 0.21153,
    "h": 146.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42DC5E
secondary
#90327F
accent
#3CCCEC
background
#FCFEFC
surface
#F4FDF4
border
#CED5CE
text
#0D160D
muted
#7F847F

Preview Lab

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#42DC5E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva