#42DD5D#42DD5D

#42DD5D is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.214 H 146.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42DD5D
RGBrgb(66, 221, 93)
HSLhsl(130, 70%, 56%)
HSVhsv(130, 70%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(70.1%, 0%, 57.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LABlab(78.26, -65.58, 50.51)
CIE-LCHlch(78.26, 82.78, 142.39°)
OKLaboklab(79.08% -0.1769 0.1195)
OKLCHoklch(79.08% 0.214 146)
XYZxyz(30.0769, 53.6581, 19.1258)
Luminance0.5366 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42DD5D #DD42C2
analogous
#75DD42 #42DD5D #42DDAB
triadic
#42DD5D #5D42DD #DD5D42
tetradic
#42DD5D #4275DD #DD42C2 #DDAB42
square
#42DD5D #4275DD #DD42C2 #DDAB42
split-complementary
#42DD5D #AB42DD #DD4275
monochromatic
#198C2D #22BF3E #42DD5D #76E689 #AAF0B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79
#42DD5D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.73
#42DD5D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DD5D
11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42DD5D#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42DD5D1.001.7911.7311.73
#FFFFFF1.791.0021.0021.00
#00000011.7321.001.001.00
##00000011.7321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#E0C950
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CEBD67
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D8C1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42dd5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 221, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.214 146.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be98e',
    500: '#42dd5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42dd5d;
$custom-light: #8be98e;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42dd5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 130.452,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79077,
    "c": 0.21352,
    "h": 146
  },
  "luminance": 0.53661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42DD5D
secondary
#913281
accent
#3BCEEC
background
#FCFEFC
surface
#F4FDF4
border
#CED5CE
text
#0D160D
muted
#7F847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DD5D

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#42DD5D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva