#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
RGB	rgb(66, 220, 94)
HSL	hsl(131, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(131, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 0%, 57.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.96, -65.12, 49.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.96, 81.92, 142.64°)
OKLab	oklab(78.83% -0.1756 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(78.83% 0.212 146.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.8582, 53.1495, 19.2728)
Luminance	0.5315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##42DC5E	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)

#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

Preview with #42DC5E

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

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