#42C142#42C142

#42C142 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.201 H 143.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C142
RGB	rgb(66, 193, 66)
HSL	hsl(120, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(120, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 0%, 65.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.25, -59.07, 52.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.25, 78.74, 138.61°)
OKLab	oklab(71.53% -0.1604 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(71.53% 0.201 143.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.2988, 39.6892, 11.6388)
Luminance	0.3969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C142 #C142C1

analogous

#81C142 #42C142 #42C181

triadic

#42C142 #4242C1 #C14242

tetradic

#42C142 #4281C1 #C142C1 #C18142

square

#42C142 #4281C1 #C142C1 #C18142

split-complementary

#42C142 #8142C1 #C14281

monochromatic

#226722 #319531 #42C142 #70D070 #9EDF9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#42C142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#42C142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C142

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C142	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A54D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24BCA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 193, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.201 143.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d57c',
    500: '#42c142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c142;
$custom-light: #86d57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71532,
    "c": 0.20052,
    "h": 143.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C142

secondary

#CC93CC

accent

#4EDADA

background

#F8FDF7

surface

#F0FAEE

border

#CBD3C9

text

#0C140A

muted

#7D837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C142

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

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