#42DD53#42DD53

#42DD53 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.221 H 144.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DD53
RGB	rgb(66, 221, 83)
HSL	hsl(127, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(127, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 62.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.16, -66.73, 54.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.16, 86.33, 140.62°)
OKLab	oklab(78.97% -0.1804 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(78.97% 0.221 144.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.6626, 53.4924, 16.9437)
Luminance	0.5350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DD53 #DD42CC

analogous

#7FDD42 #42DD53 #42DDA1

triadic

#42DD53 #5342DD #DD5342

tetradic

#42DD53 #427FDD #DD42CC #DDA142

square

#42DD53 #427FDD #DD42CC #DDA142

split-complementary

#42DD53 #A142DD #DD427F

monochromatic

#198C26 #22BF34 #42DD53 #76E682 #AAF0B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#42DD53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#42DD53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DD53

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DD53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DD53	1.00	1.79	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C943

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dd53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 221, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.221 144.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be988',
    500: '#42dd53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dd53;
$custom-light: #8be988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dd53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 126.581,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78965,
    "c": 0.22112,
    "h": 144.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DD53

secondary

#913287

accent

#3BD9EC

background

#FCFEFC

surface

#F5FDF4

border

#CFD5CE

text

#0E160C

muted

#7F847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DD53

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

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