#42C233#42C233

#42C233 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.211 H 141.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C233
RGB	rgb(66, 194, 51)
HSL	hsl(114, 58%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(114, 74%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 73.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.45, -60.72, 58.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.45, 84.01, 136.28°)
OKLab	oklab(71.67% -0.1656 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(71.67% 0.211 141.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.1349, 39.9786, 9.6815)
Luminance	0.3998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C233 #B333C2

analogous

#89C233 #42C233 #33C26B

triadic

#42C233 #3342C2 #C23342

tetradic

#42C233 #3389C2 #B333C2 #C26B33

square

#42C233 #3389C2 #B333C2 #C26B33

split-complementary

#42C233 #6B33C2 #C23389

monochromatic

#21611A #329226 #42C233 #6AD55E #97E18E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#42C233 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#42C233 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C233

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C233	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C233	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B017

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A642

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28BCA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c233;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 194, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.211 141.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d674',
    500: '#42c233',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c233;
$custom-light: #87d674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c233",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 113.706,
    "s": 58.367,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71668,
    "c": 0.21125,
    "h": 141.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C233

secondary

#C485CC

accent

#46E2D1

background

#F9FDF7

surface

#F1FAED

border

#CBD3C8

text

#0D1409

muted

#7E837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C233

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

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