#42C239#42C239

#42C239 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.208 H 142.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C239
RGB	rgb(66, 194, 57)
HSL	hsl(116, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(116, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 70.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.49, -60.24, 55.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.49, 82.19, 137.13°)
OKLab	oklab(71.71% -0.164 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(71.71% 0.208 142.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.2758, 40.0349, 10.4237)
Luminance	0.4004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C239 #B939C2

analogous

#87C239 #42C239 #39C274

triadic

#42C239 #3942C2 #C23942

tetradic

#42C239 #3987C2 #B939C2 #C27439

square

#42C239 #3987C2 #B939C2 #C27439

split-complementary

#42C239 #7439C2 #C23987

monochromatic

#22631D #32932B #42C239 #6DD266 #9AE095

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#42C239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#42C239 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C239

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C239	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)

#C6B023

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A647

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26BCA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 194, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.208 142.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d677',
    500: '#42c239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c239;
$custom-light: #87d677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 116.058,
    "s": 54.582,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71714,
    "c": 0.20769,
    "h": 142.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C239

secondary

#C78BCB

accent

#4ADED4

background

#F9FDF7

surface

#F1FAEE

border

#CBD3C9

text

#0D1409

muted

#7E837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C239

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

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