#42C062#42C062

#42C062 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.173 H 148.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C062
RGB	rgb(66, 192, 98)
HSL	hsl(135, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(135, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 0%, 49%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.28, -54.67, 37.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.28, 66.17, 145.71°)
OKLab	oklab(71.67% -0.1474 0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(71.67% 0.173 148.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.2993, 39.7369, 17.9950)
Luminance	0.3974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C062 #C042A0

analogous

#61C042 #42C062 #42C0A1

triadic

#42C062 #6242C0 #C06242

tetradic

#42C062 #4261C0 #C042A0 #C0A142

square

#42C062 #4261C0 #C042A0 #C0A142

split-complementary

#42C062 #A142C0 #C04261

monochromatic

#226633 #31944A #42C062 #70CF88 #9EDFAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#42C062 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#42C062 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C062

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C062	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C062	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B05A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A569

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#12BCAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c062;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 192, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.173 148.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d490',
    500: '#42c062',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c062;
$custom-light: #85d490;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c062",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 135.238,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71673,
    "c": 0.17306,
    "h": 148.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C062

secondary

#CB93BD

accent

#4EB6DA

background

#F8FDF8

surface

#F0FAF0

border

#CBD3CB

text

#0C140D

muted

#7D837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C062

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

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