#42C050#42C050

#42C050 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.189 H 145.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C050
RGB	rgb(66, 192, 80)
HSL	hsl(127, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(127, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 0%, 58.3%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.06, -57.16, 45.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.06, 73.18, 141.36°)
OKLab	oklab(71.42% -0.1546 0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(71.42% 0.189 145.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.5429, 39.4344, 14.0114)
Luminance	0.3944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C050 #C042B2

analogous

#73C042 #42C050 #42C08F

triadic

#42C050 #5042C0 #C05042

tetradic

#42C050 #4273C0 #C042B2 #C08F42

square

#42C050 #4273C0 #C042B2 #C08F42

split-complementary

#42C050 #8F42C0 #C04273

monochromatic

#226629 #31943C #42C050 #70CF7A #9EDFA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#42C050 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#42C050 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C050

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C050	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C050	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AF45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A459

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1FBBA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c050;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 192, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.189 145.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d484',
    500: '#42c050',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c050;
$custom-light: #85d484;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c050",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 126.667,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71424,
    "c": 0.18862,
    "h": 145.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C050

secondary

#CB93C5

accent

#4ECADA

background

#F8FDF8

surface

#F0FAEF

border

#CBD3CA

text

#0C140B

muted

#7D837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C050

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

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