#42C232#42C232

#42C232 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.212 H 141.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C232
RGB	rgb(66, 194, 50)
HSL	hsl(113, 59%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(113, 74%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 74.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.45, -60.79, 58.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.45, 84.31, 136.14°)
OKLab	oklab(71.66% -0.1659 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(71.66% 0.212 141.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.1131, 39.9699, 9.5666)
Luminance	0.3997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C232 #B232C2

analogous

#8AC232 #42C232 #32C26A

triadic

#42C232 #3242C2 #C23242

tetradic

#42C232 #328AC2 #B232C2 #C26A32

square

#42C232 #328AC2 #B232C2 #C26A32

split-complementary

#42C232 #6A32C2 #C2328A

monochromatic

#216119 #319125 #42C232 #6AD55C #96E28D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#42C232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#42C232 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C232

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C232	1.00	2.33	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.33	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)

#C7B015

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A641

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28BCA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 194, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.212 141.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d673',
    500: '#42c232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c232;
$custom-light: #87d673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 113.333,
    "s": 59.016,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71661,
    "c": 0.21181,
    "h": 141.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C232

secondary

#C484CC

accent

#46E2D1

background

#F9FDF7

surface

#F1FAED

border

#CBD3C8

text

#0D1409

muted

#7E837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C232

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

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