#42DD55#42DD55

#42DD55 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.220 H 144.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DD55
RGB	rgb(66, 221, 85)
HSL	hsl(127, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(127, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 61.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.18, -66.51, 53.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.18, 85.64, 140.96°)
OKLab	oklab(78.99% -0.1797 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(78.99% 0.22 144.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.7409, 53.5237, 17.3563)
Luminance	0.5353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DD55 #DD42CA

analogous

#7DDD42 #42DD55 #42DDA3

triadic

#42DD55 #5542DD #DD5542

tetradic

#42DD55 #427DDD #DD42CA #DDA342

square

#42DD55 #427DDD #DD42CA #DDA342

split-complementary

#42DD55 #A342DD #DD427D

monochromatic

#198C27 #22BF36 #42DD55 #76E684 #AAF0B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#42DD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#42DD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DD55

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DD55	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C946

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dd55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 221, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.220 144.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be98a',
    500: '#42dd55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dd55;
$custom-light: #8be98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dd55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 127.355,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78986,
    "c": 0.21964,
    "h": 144.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DD55

secondary

#913285

accent

#3BD7EC

background

#FCFEFC

surface

#F5FDF4

border

#CFD5CE

text

#0E160C

muted

#7F847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DD55

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

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