#42DD5B#42DD5B

#42DD5B is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.215 H 145.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42DD5B
RGBrgb(66, 221, 91)
HSLhsl(130, 70%, 56%)
HSVhsv(130, 70%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(70.1%, 0%, 58.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LABlab(78.24, -65.82, 51.38)
CIE-LCHlch(78.24, 83.50, 142.02°)
OKLaboklab(79.05% -0.1776 0.1213)
OKLCHoklch(79.05% 0.215 145.7)
XYZxyz(29.9895, 53.6232, 18.6653)
Luminance0.5363 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42DD5B #DD42C4
analogous
#77DD42 #42DD5B #42DDA8
triadic
#42DD5B #5B42DD #DD5B42
tetradic
#42DD5B #4277DD #DD42C4 #DDA842
square
#42DD5B #4277DD #DD42C4 #DDA842
split-complementary
#42DD5B #A842DD #DD4277
monochromatic
#198C2C #22BF3C #42DD5B #76E688 #AAF0B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79
#42DD5B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.73
#42DD5B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DD5B
11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42DD5B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42DD5B1.001.7911.7311.73
#FFFFFF1.791.0021.0021.00
#00000011.7321.001.001.00
##00000011.7321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#E0C94D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CEBD66
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D8C1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42dd5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 221, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.215 145.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be98d',
    500: '#42dd5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42dd5b;
$custom-light: #8be98d;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42dd5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 129.677,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79053,
    "c": 0.21508,
    "h": 145.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42DD5B
secondary
#913282
accent
#3BD0EC
background
#FCFEFC
surface
#F4FDF4
border
#CED5CE
text
#0D160C
muted
#7F847F

Preview Lab

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#42DD5B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva