#42C23D#42C23D

#42C23D is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.205 H 142.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C23D
RGB	rgb(66, 194, 61)
HSL	hsl(118, 52%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(118, 69%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 68.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.52, -59.89, 54.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.52, 80.90, 137.75°)
OKLab	oklab(71.75% -0.1629 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(71.75% 0.205 142.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.3796, 40.0764, 10.9701)
Luminance	0.4008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C23D #BD3DC2

analogous

#85C23D #42C23D #3DC27A

triadic

#42C23D #3D42C2 #C23D42

tetradic

#42C23D #3D85C2 #BD3DC2 #C27A3D

square

#42C23D #3D85C2 #BD3DC2 #C27A3D

split-complementary

#42C23D #7A3DC2 #C23D85

monochromatic

#226520 #32932E #42C23D #6FD16C #9DDF9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#42C23D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#42C23D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C23D

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C23D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C23D	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B02A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A64A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25BCA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c23d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 194, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.205 142.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d679',
    500: '#42c23d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c23d;
$custom-light: #87d679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c23d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 117.744,
    "s": 52.157,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71748,
    "c": 0.20512,
    "h": 142.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C23D

secondary

#C990CB

accent

#4CDCD6

background

#F8FDF7

surface

#F0FAEE

border

#CBD3C9

text

#0D1409

muted

#7D837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C23D

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

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