#42DD49#42DD49

#42DD49 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.228 H 143.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DD49
RGB	rgb(66, 221, 73)
HSL	hsl(123, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(123, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 67%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.08, -67.74, 58.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.08, 89.69, 139.05°)
OKLab	oklab(78.87% -0.1836 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(78.87% 0.228 143.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.3040, 53.3490, 15.0551)
Luminance	0.5335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DD49 #DD42D6

analogous

#89DD42 #42DD49 #42DD97

triadic

#42DD49 #4942DD #DD4942

tetradic

#42DD49 #4289DD #DD42D6 #DD9742

square

#42DD49 #4289DD #DD42D6 #DD9742

split-complementary

#42DD49 #9742DD #DD4289

monochromatic

#198C1E #22BF2A #42DD49 #76E67B #AAF0AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#42DD49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#42DD49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DD49

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DD49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DD49	1.00	1.80	11.67	11.67
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C935

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#03D7BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dd49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 221, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.228 143.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce982',
    500: '#42dd49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dd49;
$custom-light: #8ce982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dd49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 122.71,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78868,
    "c": 0.22806,
    "h": 143.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DD49

secondary

#91328D

accent

#3BE4EC

background

#FCFEFB

surface

#F5FDF2

border

#CFD5CC

text

#0E160B

muted

#7F847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DD49

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

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