#42DD4F#42DD4F

#42DD4F is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.224 H 144.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DD4F
RGB	rgb(66, 221, 79)
HSL	hsl(125, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(125, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 64.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.13, -67.15, 56.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.13, 87.70, 139.97°)
OKLab	oklab(78.92% -0.1817 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(78.92% 0.224 144.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.5126, 53.4324, 16.1538)
Luminance	0.5344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DD4F #DD42D0

analogous

#83DD42 #42DD4F #42DD9D

triadic

#42DD4F #4F42DD #DD4F42

tetradic

#42DD4F #4283DD #DD42D0 #DD9D42

square

#42DD4F #4283DD #DD42D0 #DD9D42

split-complementary

#42DD4F #9D42DD #DD4283

monochromatic

#198C23 #22BF30 #42DD4F #76E67F #AAF0B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#42DD4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#42DD4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DD4F

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DD4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DD4F	1.00	1.80	11.69	11.69
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C93D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dd4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 221, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.224 144.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be986',
    500: '#42dd4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dd4f;
$custom-light: #8be986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dd4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 125.032,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78924,
    "c": 0.22398,
    "h": 144.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DD4F

secondary

#913289

accent

#3BDDEC

background

#FCFEFC

surface

#F5FDF3

border

#CFD5CD

text

#0E160C

muted

#7F847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DD4F

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

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