#42C23E#42C23E

#42C23E is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.204 H 142.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C23E
RGB	rgb(66, 194, 62)
HSL	hsl(118, 52%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(118, 68%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 68%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.53, -59.80, 54.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.53, 80.57, 137.91°)
OKLab	oklab(71.76% -0.1626 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(71.76% 0.204 142.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.4068, 40.0873, 11.1133)
Luminance	0.4009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C23E #BE3EC2

analogous

#84C23E #42C23E #3EC27C

triadic

#42C23E #3E42C2 #C23E42

tetradic

#42C23E #3E84C2 #BE3EC2 #C27C3E

square

#42C23E #3E84C2 #BE3EC2 #C27C3E

split-complementary

#42C23E #7C3EC2 #C23E84

monochromatic

#226620 #32942F #42C23E #70D16D #9DDF9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#42C23E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#42C23E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C23E

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C23E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C23E	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)

#C6B02B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A64A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25BCA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c23e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 194, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.204 142.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d67a',
    500: '#42c23e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c23e;
$custom-light: #87d67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c23e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 118.182,
    "s": 51.969,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71757,
    "c": 0.20446,
    "h": 142.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C23E

secondary

#CA90CB

accent

#4CDBD7

background

#F8FDF7

surface

#F0FAEE

border

#CBD3C9

text

#0D140A

muted

#7D837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C23E

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

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