#42C235#42C235

#42C235 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.210 H 141.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C235
RGB	rgb(66, 194, 53)
HSL	hsl(114, 57%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(114, 73%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 72.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.47, -60.56, 57.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.47, 83.42, 136.55°)
OKLab	oklab(71.68% -0.1651 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(71.68% 0.21 141.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.1800, 39.9966, 9.9187)
Luminance	0.4000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C235 #B535C2

analogous

#88C235 #42C235 #35C26E

triadic

#42C235 #3542C2 #C23542

tetradic

#42C235 #3588C2 #B535C2 #C26E35

square

#42C235 #3588C2 #B535C2 #C26E35

split-complementary

#42C235 #6E35C2 #C23588

monochromatic

#21621B #329228 #42C235 #6BD460 #98E191

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#42C235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#42C235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C235

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C235	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)

#C7B01C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A644

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27BCA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 194, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.210 141.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d675',
    500: '#42c235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c235;
$custom-light: #87d675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 114.468,
    "s": 57.085,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71682,
    "c": 0.2101,
    "h": 141.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C235

secondary

#C587CC

accent

#47E0D2

background

#F9FDF7

surface

#F1FAED

border

#CBD3C8

text

#0D1409

muted

#7E837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C235

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

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