#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
RGBrgb(66, 194, 62)
HSLhsl(118, 52%, 50%)
HSVhsv(118, 68%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(66%, 0%, 68%, 23.9%)
CIE-LABlab(69.53, -59.80, 54.00)
CIE-LCHlch(69.53, 80.57, 137.91°)
OKLaboklab(71.76% -0.1626 0.124)
OKLCHoklch(71.76% 0.204 142.7)
XYZxyz(22.4068, 40.0873, 11.1133)
Luminance0.4009 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

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
##42C23E1.002.339.029.02
#FFFFFF2.331.0021.0021.00
#0000009.0221.001.001.00
##0000009.0221.001.001.00

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

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#42C23E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva