#42C038#42C038

#42C038 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.206 H 142.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C038
RGB	rgb(66, 192, 56)
HSL	hsl(116, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(116, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 0%, 70.8%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.85, -59.64, 55.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.85, 81.56, 137.00°)
OKLab	oklab(71.18% -0.1625 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(71.18% 0.206 142.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.8090, 39.1408, 10.1462)
Luminance	0.3914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C038 #B638C0

analogous

#86C038 #42C038 #38C072

triadic

#42C038 #3842C0 #C03842

tetradic

#42C038 #3886C0 #B638C0 #C07238

square

#42C038 #3886C0 #B638C0 #C07238

split-complementary

#42C038 #7238C0 #C03886

monochromatic

#21611C #32912A #42C038 #6CD264 #99DF93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#42C038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#42C038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C038

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C038	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A445

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28BAA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 192, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.206 142.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d476',
    500: '#42c038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c038;
$custom-light: #86d476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 115.588,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71181,
    "c": 0.20601,
    "h": 142.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C038

secondary

#C689CB

accent

#4ADED3

background

#F8FDF7

surface

#F0FAED

border

#CBD3C8

text

#0D1409

muted

#7D837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C038

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

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