#42DD5E#42DD5E

#42DD5E is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.213 H 146.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DD5E
RGB	rgb(66, 221, 94)
HSL	hsl(131, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(131, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 57.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.27, -65.46, 50.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.27, 82.41, 142.58°)
OKLab	oklab(79.09% -0.1766 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(79.09% 0.213 146.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.1215, 53.6760, 19.3606)
Luminance	0.5368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DD5E #DD42C1

analogous

#74DD42 #42DD5E #42DDAC

triadic

#42DD5E #5E42DD #DD5E42

tetradic

#42DD5E #4274DD #DD42C1 #DDAC42

square

#42DD5E #4274DD #DD42C1 #DDAC42

split-complementary

#42DD5E #AC42DD #DD4274

monochromatic

#198C2E #22BF3F #42DD5E #76E68A #AAF0B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#42DD5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74

#42DD5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DD5E

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DD5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DD5E	1.00	1.79	11.74	11.74
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C951

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBD68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dd5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 221, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.213 146.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be98f',
    500: '#42dd5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dd5e;
$custom-light: #8be98f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dd5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 130.839,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79089,
    "c": 0.21273,
    "h": 146.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DD5E

secondary

#913280

accent

#3BCCEC

background

#FCFEFC

surface

#F4FDF4

border

#CED5CE

text

#0D160D

muted

#7F847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DD5E

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

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