#42BD22#42BD22

#42BD22 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.214 H 140.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BD22
RGB	rgb(66, 189, 34)
HSL	hsl(108, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(108, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 0%, 82%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.77, -60.12, 61.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.77, 86.19, 134.23°)
OKLab	oklab(70.25% -0.1648 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(70.25% 0.214 140.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.7321, 37.6669, 7.6909)
Luminance	0.3767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BD22 #9D22BD

analogous

#8FBD22 #42BD22 #22BD4F

triadic

#42BD22 #2242BD #BD2242

tetradic

#42BD22 #228FBD #9D22BD #BD4F22

square

#42BD22 #228FBD #9D22BD #BD4F22

split-complementary

#42BD22 #4F22BD #BD228F

monochromatic

#1E550F #308919 #42BD22 #60DD40 #8BE673

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#42BD22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#42BD22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BD22

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BD22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BD22	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AB00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A136

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2DB7A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bd22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 189, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.214 140.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d26c',
    500: '#42bd22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bd22;
$custom-light: #87d26c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bd22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 107.613,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70247,
    "c": 0.21404,
    "h": 140.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BD22

secondary

#B96ECD

accent

#3BECC8

background

#F9FDF6

surface

#F1FAEC

border

#CBD3C7

text

#0D1408

muted

#7E837A

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BD22

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

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