#42E355#42E355

#42E355 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.227 H 144.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E355
RGB	rgb(66, 227, 85)
HSL	hsl(127, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(127, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 0%, 62.6%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.04, -68.48, 56.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.04, 88.48, 140.71°)
OKLab	oklab(80.52% -0.1851 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(80.52% 0.227 144.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.3534, 56.7488, 17.8938)
Luminance	0.5675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E355 #E342D0

analogous

#7FE342 #42E355 #42E3A6

triadic

#42E355 #5542E3 #E35542

tetradic

#42E355 #427FE3 #E342D0 #E3A642

square

#42E355 #427FE3 #E342D0 #E3A642

split-complementary

#42E355 #A642E3 #E3427F

monochromatic

#169525 #1ECA32 #42E355 #77EB85 #ADF3B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#42E355 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.35

#42E355 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E355

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E355	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E355	1.00	1.70	12.35	12.35
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CE44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C161

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e355;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 227, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.227 144.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ced8a',
    500: '#42e355',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e355;
$custom-light: #8ced8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e355",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 127.081,
    "s": 74.194,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80523,
    "c": 0.22658,
    "h": 144.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E355

secondary

#99308D

accent

#37DBF1

background

#FCFFFC

surface

#F5FEF4

border

#CFD6CE

text

#0E160C

muted

#7F857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E355

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

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