#42C043#42C043

#42C043 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.199 H 143.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42C043
RGBrgb(66, 192, 67)
HSLhsl(120, 50%, 51%)
HSVhsv(120, 66%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(65.6%, 0%, 65.1%, 24.7%)
CIE-LABlab(68.94, -58.62, 51.30)
CIE-LCHlch(68.94, 77.90, 138.81°)
OKLaboklab(71.28% -0.1591 0.1189)
OKLCHoklch(71.28% 0.199 143.2)
XYZxyz(22.1082, 39.2605, 11.7220)
Luminance0.3926 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42C043 #C042BF
analogous
#80C042 #42C043 #42C082
triadic
#42C043 #4342C0 #C04342
tetradic
#42C043 #4280C0 #C042BF #C08242
square
#42C043 #4280C0 #C042BF #C08242
split-complementary
#42C043 #8242C0 #C04280
monochromatic
#226622 #319432 #42C043 #70CF71 #9EDF9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37
#42C043 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85
#42C043 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C043
8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42C043#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42C0431.002.378.858.85
#FFFFFF2.371.0021.0021.00
#0000008.8521.001.001.00
##0000008.8521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C4AF33
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B5A44E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#24BBA6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42c043;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 192, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.199 143.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d47c',
    500: '#42c043',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42c043;
$custom-light: #86d47c;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42c043",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120.476,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7128,
    "c": 0.19862,
    "h": 143.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42C043
secondary
#CB93CA
accent
#4ED8DA
background
#F8FDF7
surface
#F0FAEE
border
#CBD3C9
text
#0C140A
muted
#7D837C

Preview Lab

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#42C043 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva