#42DD4A#42DD4A

#42DD4A is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.227 H 143.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42DD4A
RGBrgb(66, 221, 74)
HSLhsl(123, 70%, 56%)
HSVhsv(123, 70%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(70.1%, 0%, 66.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LABlab(78.09, -67.65, 58.40)
CIE-LCHlch(78.09, 89.37, 139.20°)
OKLaboklab(78.88% -0.1833 0.1346)
OKLCHoklch(78.88% 0.227 143.7)
XYZxyz(29.3374, 53.3623, 15.2311)
Luminance0.5337 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42DD4A #DD42D5
analogous
#88DD42 #42DD4A #42DD98
triadic
#42DD4A #4A42DD #DD4A42
tetradic
#42DD4A #4288DD #DD42D5 #DD9842
square
#42DD4A #4288DD #DD42D5 #DD9842
split-complementary
#42DD4A #9842DD #DD4288
monochromatic
#198C1F #22BF2B #42DD4A #76E67C #AAF0AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80
#42DD4A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67
#42DD4A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DD4A
11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42DD4A#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42DD4A1.001.8011.6711.67
#FFFFFF1.801.0021.0021.00
#00000011.6721.001.001.00
##00000011.6721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#E1C936
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CFBC58
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#02D7BF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42dd4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 221, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.227 143.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be983',
    500: '#42dd4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42dd4a;
$custom-light: #8be983;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42dd4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 123.097,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78877,
    "c": 0.2274,
    "h": 143.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42DD4A
secondary
#91328C
accent
#3BE3EC
background
#FCFEFB
surface
#F5FDF2
border
#CFD5CC
text
#0E160B
muted
#7F847E

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#42DD4A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva