#42DD44#42DD44

#42DD44 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.231 H 143.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DD44
RGB	rgb(66, 221, 68)
HSL	hsl(121, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(121, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 69.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.04, -68.19, 60.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.04, 91.28, 138.34°)
OKLab	oklab(78.83% -0.185 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(78.83% 0.231 143.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.1448, 53.2853, 14.2168)
Luminance	0.5329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DD44 #DD42DB

analogous

#8EDD42 #42DD44 #42DD92

triadic

#42DD44 #4442DD #DD4442

tetradic

#42DD44 #428EDD #DD42DB #DD9242

square

#42DD44 #428EDD #DD42DB #DD9242

split-complementary

#42DD44 #9242DD #DD428E

monochromatic

#198C1B #22BF24 #42DD44 #76E677 #AAF0AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#42DD44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#42DD44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DD44

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DD44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DD44	1.00	1.80	11.66	11.66
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2C82D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#08D7BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dd44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 221, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.231 143.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce980',
    500: '#42dd44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dd44;
$custom-light: #8ce980;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dd44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120.774,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78825,
    "c": 0.23126,
    "h": 143.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DD44

secondary

#913290

accent

#3BEAEC

background

#FCFEFB

surface

#F5FDF2

border

#CFD5CC

text

#0E160B

muted

#7F847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DD44

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

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