#42C230#42C230

#42C230 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.213 H 141.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C230
RGB	rgb(66, 194, 48)
HSL	hsl(113, 60%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(113, 75%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 75.3%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.44, -60.93, 59.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.44, 84.88, 135.88°)
OKLab	oklab(71.65% -0.1664 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(71.65% 0.213 141.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.0709, 39.9530, 9.3443)
Luminance	0.3996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C230 #B030C2

analogous

#8BC230 #42C230 #30C267

triadic

#42C230 #3042C2 #C23042

tetradic

#42C230 #308BC2 #B030C2 #C26730

square

#42C230 #308BC2 #B030C2 #C26730

split-complementary

#42C230 #6730C2 #C2308B

monochromatic

#216018 #319124 #42C230 #69D659 #95E28A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#42C230 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#42C230 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C230

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C230	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C230	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B00F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A640

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29BCA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c230;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 194, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.213 141.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d672',
    500: '#42c230',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c230;
$custom-light: #87d672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c230",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 112.603,
    "s": 60.331,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71647,
    "c": 0.2129,
    "h": 141.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C230

secondary

#C382CC

accent

#44E3D0

background

#F9FDF7

surface

#F1FAED

border

#CBD3C8

text

#0D1409

muted

#7E837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C230

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

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