#42DE69#42DE69

#42DE69 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.205 H 147.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DE69
RGB	rgb(66, 222, 105)
HSL	hsl(135, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(135, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 0%, 52.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.70, -64.35, 45.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.70, 78.81, 144.73°)
OKLab	oklab(79.49% -0.1733 0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(79.49% 0.205 147.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.9155, 54.4173, 22.2361)
Luminance	0.5442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DE69 #DE42B7

analogous

#69DE42 #42DE69 #42DEB7

triadic

#42DE69 #6942DE #DE6942

tetradic

#42DE69 #4269DE #DE42B7 #DEB742

square

#42DE69 #4269DE #DE42B7 #DEB742

split-complementary

#42DE69 #B742DE #DE4269

monochromatic

#198D36 #22C14A #42DE69 #76E792 #AAF0BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#42DE69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#42DE69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DE69

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DE69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DE69	1.00	1.77	11.88	11.88
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0CB5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBE72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42de69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 222, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.205 147.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae996',
    500: '#42de69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42de69;
$custom-light: #8ae996;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42de69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 135,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79486,
    "c": 0.20492,
    "h": 147.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DE69

secondary

#92327A

accent

#3BC0ED

background

#FCFEFC

surface

#F4FDF5

border

#CED5CF

text

#0D160E

muted

#7F847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DE69

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

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