#42B949#42B949

#42B949 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.186 H 144.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B949
RGB	rgb(66, 185, 73)
HSL	hsl(124, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(124, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 0%, 60.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.78, -55.49, 46.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.78, 72.24, 140.19°)
OKLab	oklab(69.51% -0.1504 0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(69.51% 0.186 144.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.7971, 36.3351, 12.2194)
Luminance	0.3634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B949 #B942B2

analogous

#77B942 #42B949 #42B984

triadic

#42B949 #4942B9 #B94942

tetradic

#42B949 #4277B9 #B942B2 #B98442

square

#42B949 #4277B9 #B942B2 #B98442

split-complementary

#42B949 #8442B9 #B94277

monochromatic

#225F25 #328C37 #42B949 #6DCB73 #9ADB9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#42B949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#42B949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B949

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B949	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA93D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9F52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26B4A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 185, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.186 144.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cf80',
    500: '#42b949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b949;
$custom-light: #84cf80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 123.529,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69508,
    "c": 0.18554,
    "h": 144.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B949

secondary

#C790C4

accent

#51CFD7

background

#F8FCF8

surface

#F0F9EF

border

#CBD2CA

text

#0C140A

muted

#7D827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B949

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

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