#42DE8E#42DE8E

#42DE8E is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.172 H 156.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DE8E
RGB	rgb(66, 222, 142)
HSL	hsl(149, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(149, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 0%, 36%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.24, -58.23, 27.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.24, 64.54, 154.45°)
OKLab	oklab(80.11% -0.1575 0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(80.11% 0.172 156.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.2474, 55.3500, 34.5174)
Luminance	0.5535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DE8E #DE4292

analogous

#44DE42 #42DE8E #42DEDC

triadic

#42DE8E #8E42DE #DE8E42

tetradic

#42DE8E #4244DE #DE4292 #DEDC42

square

#42DE8E #4244DE #DE4292 #DEDC42

split-complementary

#42DE8E #DC42DE #DE4244

monochromatic

#198D51 #22C16F #42DE8E #76E7AD #AAF0CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#42DE8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.07

#42DE8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DE8E

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DE8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DE8E	1.00	1.74	12.07	12.07
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDCD89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9BF93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42de8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 222, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.172 156.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae9af',
    500: '#42de8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42de8e;
$custom-light: #8ae9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42de8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 149.231,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80106,
    "c": 0.17232,
    "h": 156.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DE8E

secondary

#923263

accent

#3B96ED

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF7

border

#CED5D0

text

#0D1610

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DE8E

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

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