#42C237#42C237

#42C237 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.209 H 142.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42C237
RGBrgb(66, 194, 55)
HSLhsl(115, 56%, 49%)
HSVhsv(115, 72%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(66%, 0%, 71.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LABlab(69.48, -60.40, 56.65)
CIE-LCHlch(69.48, 82.81, 136.84°)
OKLaboklab(71.7% -0.1646 0.1287)
OKLCHoklch(71.7% 0.209 142)
XYZxyz(22.2269, 40.0154, 10.1661)
Luminance0.4002 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42C237 #B737C2
analogous
#88C237 #42C237 #37C272
triadic
#42C237 #3742C2 #C23742
tetradic
#42C237 #3788C2 #B737C2 #C27237
square
#42C237 #3788C2 #B737C2 #C27237
split-complementary
#42C237 #7237C2 #C23788
monochromatic
#22631C #329229 #42C237 #6CD363 #99E093

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33
#42C237 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00
#42C237 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C237
9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42C237#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42C2371.002.339.009.00
#FFFFFF2.331.0021.0021.00
#0000009.0021.001.001.00
##0000009.0021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C7B01F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B7A645
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#27BCA7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42c237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 194, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.209 142.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d676',
    500: '#42c237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42c237;
$custom-light: #87d676;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42c237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 115.252,
    "s": 55.823,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71698,
    "c": 0.20891,
    "h": 142
  },
  "luminance": 0.40018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42C237
secondary
#C689CB
accent
#49DFD3
background
#F9FDF7
surface
#F1FAED
border
#CBD3C8
text
#0D1409
muted
#7E837B

Preview Lab

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#42C237 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva