#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
RGB	rgb(66, 194, 55)
HSL	hsl(115, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(115, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 71.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.48, -60.40, 56.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.48, 82.81, 136.84°)
OKLab	oklab(71.7% -0.1646 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(71.7% 0.209 142)
XYZ	xyz(22.2269, 40.0154, 10.1661)
Luminance	0.4002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##42C237	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)

#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

Preview with #42C237

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

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