#42DD3C#42DD3C

#42DD3C is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.236 H 142.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DD3C
RGB	rgb(66, 221, 60)
HSL	hsl(118, 70%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(118, 73%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 72.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.99, -68.84, 63.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.99, 93.67, 137.30°)
OKLab	oklab(78.76% -0.1872 0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(78.76% 0.236 142.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.9171, 53.1942, 13.0176)
Luminance	0.5320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DD3C #D73CDD

analogous

#92DD3C #42DD3C #3CDD86

triadic

#42DD3C #3C42DD #DD3C42

tetradic

#42DD3C #3C92DD #D73CDD #DD863C

square

#42DD3C #3C92DD #D73CDD #DD863C

split-complementary

#42DD3C #863CDD #DD3C92

monochromatic

#1C8718 #26BB21 #42DD3C #75E670 #A7EFA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#42DD3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#42DD3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DD3C

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DD3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DD3C	1.00	1.80	11.64	11.64
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2C81D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0FD6BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dd3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 221, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.236 142.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce97c',
    500: '#42dd3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dd3c;
$custom-light: #8ce97c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dd3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 117.764,
    "s": 70.306,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78763,
    "c": 0.23597,
    "h": 142.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DD3C

secondary

#8A308D

accent

#3BEDE6

background

#FCFEFB

surface

#F5FDF2

border

#CFD5CC

text

#0E160A

muted

#7F847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DD3C

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

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