#42DD59#42DD59

#42DD59 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.217 H 145.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DD59
RGB	rgb(66, 221, 89)
HSL	hsl(129, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(129, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 59.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.22, -66.06, 52.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.22, 84.22, 141.66°)
OKLab	oklab(79.03% -0.1784 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(79.03% 0.217 145.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.9043, 53.5891, 18.2170)
Luminance	0.5359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DD59 #DD42C6

analogous

#79DD42 #42DD59 #42DDA7

triadic

#42DD59 #5942DD #DD5942

tetradic

#42DD59 #4279DD #DD42C6 #DDA742

square

#42DD59 #4279DD #DD42C6 #DDA742

split-complementary

#42DD59 #A742DD #DD4279

monochromatic

#198C2A #22BF3A #42DD59 #76E687 #AAF0B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#42DD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#42DD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DD59

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DD59	1.00	1.79	11.72	11.72
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C94B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBD64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 221, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.217 145.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be98c',
    500: '#42dd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dd59;
$custom-light: #8be98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 128.903,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7903,
    "c": 0.21663,
    "h": 145.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DD59

secondary

#913283

accent

#3BD2EC

background

#FCFEFC

surface

#F4FDF4

border

#CED5CE

text

#0D160C

muted

#7F847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DD59

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

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