#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
RGBrgb(66, 222, 142)
HSLhsl(149, 70%, 56%)
HSVhsv(149, 70%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(70.3%, 0%, 36%, 12.9%)
CIE-LABlab(79.24, -58.23, 27.84)
CIE-LCHlch(79.24, 64.54, 154.45°)
OKLaboklab(80.11% -0.1575 0.0698)
OKLCHoklch(80.11% 0.172 156.1)
XYZxyz(33.2474, 55.3500, 34.5174)
Luminance0.5535 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##42DE8E1.001.7412.0712.07
#FFFFFF1.741.0021.0021.00
#00000012.0721.001.001.00
##00000012.0721.001.001.00

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

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#42DE8E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva