#42B235#42B235

#42B235 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.192 H 141.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B235
RGB	rgb(66, 178, 53)
HSL	hsl(114, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(114, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 0%, 70.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.37, -55.04, 52.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.37, 75.79, 136.57°)
OKLab	oklab(67.46% -0.1502 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(67.46% 0.192 141.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.8088, 33.2543, 8.7950)
Luminance	0.3326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B235 #A535B2

analogous

#80B235 #42B235 #35B266

triadic

#42B235 #3542B2 #B23542

tetradic

#42B235 #3580B2 #A535B2 #B26635

square

#42B235 #3580B2 #A535B2 #B26635

split-complementary

#42B235 #6635B2 #B23580

monochromatic

#1F5419 #318327 #42B235 #63CD57 #8FDB86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#42B235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#42B235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B235

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B235	1.00	2.74	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A222

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99941

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2EAD99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 178, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.192 141.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84ca73',
    500: '#42b235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b235;
$custom-light: #84ca73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 113.76,
    "s": 54.113,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6746,
    "c": 0.19155,
    "h": 141.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B235

secondary

#BD7EC5

accent

#4ADDCE

background

#F8FCF7

surface

#F0F8ED

border

#CBD1C8

text

#0C1308

muted

#7D827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B235

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

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