#42E155#42E155

#42E155 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.224 H 144.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E155
RGB	rgb(66, 225, 85)
HSL	hsl(127, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(127, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 62.2%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.42, -67.83, 55.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.42, 87.54, 140.79°)
OKLab	oklab(80.01% -0.1833 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(80.01% 0.224 144.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.8096, 55.6611, 17.7125)
Luminance	0.5566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E155 #E142CE

analogous

#7EE142 #42E155 #42E1A5

triadic

#42E155 #5542E1 #E15542

tetradic

#42E155 #427EE1 #E142CE #E1A542

square

#42E155 #427EE1 #E142CE #E1A542

split-complementary

#42E155 #A542E1 #E1427E

monochromatic

#179226 #1FC633 #42E155 #77E985 #ACF2B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#42E155 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#42E155 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E155

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E155	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E155	1.00	1.73	12.13	12.13
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CD45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C061

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e155;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 225, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.224 144.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cec8a',
    500: '#42e155',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e155;
$custom-light: #8cec8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e155",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 127.17,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80011,
    "c": 0.22428,
    "h": 144.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E155

secondary

#96318A

accent

#38D9EF

background

#FCFFFC

surface

#F5FEF4

border

#CFD6CE

text

#0E160C

muted

#7F857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E155

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

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