#42C140#42C140

#42C140 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.202 H 142.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C140
RGB	rgb(66, 193, 64)
HSL	hsl(119, 51%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(119, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 0%, 66.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.23, -59.26, 52.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.23, 79.42, 138.26°)
OKLab	oklab(71.51% -0.161 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(71.51% 0.202 142.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.2409, 39.6661, 11.3337)
Luminance	0.3967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C140 #BF40C1

analogous

#82C140 #42C140 #40C17F

triadic

#42C140 #4042C1 #C14042

tetradic

#42C140 #4082C1 #BF40C1 #C17F40

square

#42C140 #4082C1 #BF40C1 #C17F40

split-complementary

#42C140 #7F40C1 #C14082

monochromatic

#226621 #329430 #42C140 #70D06E #9DDF9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#42C140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#42C140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C140

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C140	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A54C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25BBA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 193, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.202 142.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d57b',
    500: '#42c140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c140;
$custom-light: #86d57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 119.07,
    "s": 50.988,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71513,
    "c": 0.20192,
    "h": 142.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C140

secondary

#CA92CB

accent

#4DDAD8

background

#F8FDF7

surface

#F0FAEE

border

#CBD3C9

text

#0D140A

muted

#7D837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C140

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

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