#42DD8D#42DD8D

#42DD8D is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.172 H 156.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DD8D
RGB	rgb(66, 221, 141)
HSL	hsl(149, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(149, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 36.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.92, -58.05, 27.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.92, 64.41, 154.31°)
OKLab	oklab(79.83% -0.157 0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(79.83% 0.172 156)
XYZ	xyz(32.9079, 54.7905, 34.0355)
Luminance	0.5479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DD8D #DD4292

analogous

#45DD42 #42DD8D #42DDDB

triadic

#42DD8D #8D42DD #DD8D42

tetradic

#42DD8D #4245DD #DD4292 #DDDB42

square

#42DD8D #4245DD #DD4292 #DDDB42

split-complementary

#42DD8D #DB42DD #DD4245

monochromatic

#198C50 #22BF6E #42DD8D #76E6AC #AAF0CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#42DD8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#42DD8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DD8D

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DD8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DD8D	1.00	1.76	11.96	11.96
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCCC88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9BE92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dd8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 221, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.172 156.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae9af',
    500: '#42dd8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dd8d;
$custom-light: #8ae9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dd8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 149.032,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79835,
    "c": 0.17192,
    "h": 156
  },
  "luminance": 0.54794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DD8D

secondary

#913263

accent

#3B97EC

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF7

border

#CED5D0

text

#0D1610

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DD8D

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

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