#42DD8E#42DD8E

#42DD8E is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.171 H 156.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DD8E
RGB	rgb(66, 221, 142)
HSL	hsl(149, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(149, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 35.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.94, -57.85, 27.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.94, 64.03, 154.63°)
OKLab	oklab(79.86% -0.1566 0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(79.86% 0.171 156.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.9826, 54.8204, 34.4291)
Luminance	0.5482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DD8E #DD4291

analogous

#44DD42 #42DD8E #42DDDB

triadic

#42DD8E #8E42DD #DD8E42

tetradic

#42DD8E #4244DD #DD4291 #DDDB42

square

#42DD8E #4244DD #DD4291 #DDDB42

split-complementary

#42DD8E #DB42DD #DD4244

monochromatic

#198C51 #22BF6F #42DD8E #76E6AD #AAF0CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#42DD8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#42DD8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DD8E

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DD8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DD8E	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)

#DCCC89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8BE93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dd8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 221, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.171 156.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae9af',
    500: '#42dd8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dd8e;
$custom-light: #8ae9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dd8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 149.419,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79855,
    "c": 0.17103,
    "h": 156.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DD8E

secondary

#913263

accent

#3B96EC

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF7

border

#CED5D0

text

#0D1610

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DD8E

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

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