#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
RGBrgb(66, 221, 142)
HSLhsl(149, 70%, 56%)
HSVhsv(149, 70%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(70.1%, 0%, 35.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LABlab(78.94, -57.85, 27.43)
CIE-LCHlch(78.94, 64.03, 154.63°)
OKLaboklab(79.86% -0.1566 0.0689)
OKLCHoklch(79.86% 0.171 156.3)
XYZxyz(32.9826, 54.8204, 34.4291)
Luminance0.5482 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

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
##42DD8E1.001.7611.9611.96
#FFFFFF1.761.0021.0021.00
#00000011.9621.001.001.00
##00000011.9621.001.001.00

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

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#42DD8E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva