#42DE5A#42DE5A

#42DE5A is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.217 H 145.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42DE5A
RGBrgb(66, 222, 90)
HSLhsl(129, 70%, 56%)
HSVhsv(129, 70%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(70.3%, 0%, 59.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LABlab(78.54, -66.27, 52.17)
CIE-LCHlch(78.54, 84.34, 141.79°)
OKLaboklab(79.3% -0.1789 0.1229)
OKLCHoklch(79.3% 0.217 145.5)
XYZxyz(30.2114, 54.1356, 18.5279)
Luminance0.5414 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42DE5A #DE42C6
analogous
#78DE42 #42DE5A #42DEA8
triadic
#42DE5A #5A42DE #DE5A42
tetradic
#42DE5A #4278DE #DE42C6 #DEA842
square
#42DE5A #4278DE #DE42C6 #DEA842
split-complementary
#42DE5A #A842DE #DE4278
monochromatic
#198D2B #22C13A #42DE5A #76E787 #AAF0B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78
#42DE5A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83
#42DE5A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DE5A
11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42DE5A#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42DE5A1.001.7811.8311.83
#FFFFFF1.781.0021.0021.00
#00000011.8321.001.001.00
##00000011.8321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#E1CA4C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CFBD65
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D9C1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42de5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 222, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.217 145.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bea8d',
    500: '#42de5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42de5a;
$custom-light: #8bea8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42de5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 129.231,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79298,
    "c": 0.21704,
    "h": 145.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42DE5A
secondary
#923284
accent
#3BD2ED
background
#FCFEFC
surface
#F5FDF4
border
#CFD5CE
text
#0E160C
muted
#7F847F

Preview Lab

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#42DE5A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva