#42DD8F#42DD8F

#42DD8F is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.170 H 156.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DD8F
RGB	rgb(66, 221, 143)
HSL	hsl(150, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(150, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 35.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.96, -57.66, 26.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.96, 63.64, 154.96°)
OKLab	oklab(79.88% -0.1561 0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(79.88% 0.17 156.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.0580, 54.8506, 34.8263)
Luminance	0.5485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DD8F #DD4290

analogous

#43DD42 #42DD8F #42DDDC

triadic

#42DD8F #8F42DD #DD8F42

tetradic

#42DD8F #4243DD #DD4290 #DDDC42

square

#42DD8F #4243DD #DD4290 #DDDC42

split-complementary

#42DD8F #DC42DD #DD4243

monochromatic

#198C52 #22BF70 #42DD8F #76E6AE #AAF0CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#42DD8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#42DD8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DD8F

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DD8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DD8F	1.00	1.75	11.97	11.97
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCCC8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8BE94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dd8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 221, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.170 156.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae9b0',
    500: '#42dd8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dd8f;
$custom-light: #8ae9b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dd8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 149.806,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79875,
    "c": 0.17015,
    "h": 156.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DD8F

secondary

#913262

accent

#3B94EC

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF7

border

#CED5D0

text

#0D1610

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DD8F

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

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