#42C236#42C236

#42C236 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.210 H 141.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C236
RGB	rgb(66, 194, 54)
HSL	hsl(115, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(115, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 72.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.47, -60.48, 57.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.47, 83.12, 136.69°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% -0.1648 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.21 141.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.2032, 40.0059, 10.0411)
Luminance	0.4001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C236 #B636C2

analogous

#88C236 #42C236 #36C270

triadic

#42C236 #3642C2 #C23642

tetradic

#42C236 #3688C2 #B636C2 #C27036

square

#42C236 #3688C2 #B636C2 #C27036

split-complementary

#42C236 #7036C2 #C23688

monochromatic

#21621B #329229 #42C236 #6CD362 #99E192

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#42C236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#42C236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C236

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C236	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)

#C7B01E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A644

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27BCA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 194, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.210 141.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d675',
    500: '#42c236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c236;
$custom-light: #87d675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 114.857,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7169,
    "c": 0.20952,
    "h": 141.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C236

secondary

#C688CC

accent

#48E0D3

background

#F9FDF7

surface

#F1FAED

border

#CBD3C8

text

#0D1409

muted

#7E837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C236

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

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