#42C22A#42C22A

#42C22A is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.216 H 141.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C22A
RGB	rgb(66, 194, 42)
HSL	hsl(111, 64%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(111, 78%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 78.4%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.40, -61.33, 60.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.40, 86.49, 135.16°)
OKLab	oklab(71.61% -0.1677 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(71.61% 0.216 141)
XYZ	xyz(21.9553, 39.9068, 8.7358)
Luminance	0.3991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C22A #AA2AC2

analogous

#8EC22A #42C22A #2AC25E

triadic

#42C22A #2A42C2 #C22A42

tetradic

#42C22A #2A8EC2 #AA2AC2 #C25E2A

square

#42C22A #2A8EC2 #AA2AC2 #C25E2A

split-complementary

#42C22A #5E2AC2 #C22A8E

monochromatic

#205D14 #31901F #42C22A #66D950 #92E482

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#42C22A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#42C22A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C22A

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C22A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C22A	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2ABCA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c22a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 194, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.216 141.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d670',
    500: '#42c22a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c22a;
$custom-light: #87d670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c22a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 110.526,
    "s": 64.407,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71609,
    "c": 0.21595,
    "h": 141
  },
  "luminance": 0.39909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C22A

secondary

#C07BCD

accent

#40E7CD

background

#F9FDF7

surface

#F1FAED

border

#CBD3C8

text

#0D1408

muted

#7E837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C22A

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

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