#42DD56#42DD56

#42DD56 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.219 H 145.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DD56
RGB	rgb(66, 221, 86)
HSL	hsl(128, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(128, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 61.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.19, -66.40, 53.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.19, 85.29, 141.13°)
OKLab	oklab(79% -0.1794 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(79% 0.219 145)
XYZ	xyz(29.7809, 53.5397, 17.5670)
Luminance	0.5354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DD56 #DD42C9

analogous

#7CDD42 #42DD56 #42DDA4

triadic

#42DD56 #5642DD #DD5642

tetradic

#42DD56 #427CDD #DD42C9 #DDA442

square

#42DD56 #427CDD #DD42C9 #DDA442

split-complementary

#42DD56 #A442DD #DD427C

monochromatic

#198C28 #22BF37 #42DD56 #76E684 #AAF0B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#42DD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#42DD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DD56

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DD56	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)

#E1C947

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBD61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dd56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 221, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.219 145.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be98a',
    500: '#42dd56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dd56;
$custom-light: #8be98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dd56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 127.742,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78997,
    "c": 0.2189,
    "h": 145
  },
  "luminance": 0.53543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DD56

secondary

#913285

accent

#3BD6EC

background

#FCFEFC

surface

#F5FDF4

border

#CFD5CE

text

#0E160C

muted

#7F847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DD56

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

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