#42C238#42C238

#42C238 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.208 H 142.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C238
RGB	rgb(66, 194, 56)
HSL	hsl(116, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(116, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 71.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.49, -60.32, 56.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.49, 82.50, 136.98°)
OKLab	oklab(71.71% -0.1643 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(71.71% 0.208 142.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.2511, 40.0251, 10.2936)
Luminance	0.4003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C238 #B838C2

analogous

#87C238 #42C238 #38C273

triadic

#42C238 #3842C2 #C23842

tetradic

#42C238 #3887C2 #B838C2 #C27338

square

#42C238 #3887C2 #B838C2 #C27338

split-complementary

#42C238 #7338C2 #C23887

monochromatic

#22631D #32932A #42C238 #6DD265 #9AE094

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#42C238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#42C238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C238

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C238	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B021

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A646

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27BCA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 194, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.208 142.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d676',
    500: '#42c238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c238;
$custom-light: #87d676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 115.652,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71706,
    "c": 0.20831,
    "h": 142.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C238

secondary

#C78ACB

accent

#49DFD4

background

#F9FDF7

surface

#F1FAED

border

#CBD3C8

text

#0D1409

muted

#7E837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C238

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

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