#42C244#42C244

#42C244 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.200 H 143.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C244
RGB	rgb(66, 194, 68)
HSL	hsl(121, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(121, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 64.9%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.58, -59.21, 51.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.58, 78.53, 138.94°)
OKLab	oklab(71.81% -0.1607 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(71.81% 0.2 143.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.5806, 40.1569, 12.0288)
Luminance	0.4016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C244 #C242C0

analogous

#80C242 #42C244 #42C284

triadic

#42C244 #4442C2 #C24442

tetradic

#42C244 #4280C2 #C242C0 #C28442

square

#42C244 #4280C2 #C242C0 #C28442

split-complementary

#42C244 #8442C2 #C24280

monochromatic

#226823 #319632 #42C244 #70D172 #9FE0A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#42C244 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#42C244 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C244

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C244	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C244	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B034

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A64F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23BDA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c244;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 194, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.200 143.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d67d',
    500: '#42c244',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c244;
$custom-light: #86d67d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c244",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120.938,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71813,
    "c": 0.2003,
    "h": 143.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C244

secondary

#CC94CB

accent

#4DD8DB

background

#F8FDF7

surface

#F0FAEE

border

#CBD3C9

text

#0D140A

muted

#7D837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C244

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

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