#42C252#42C252

#42C252 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.189 H 145.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C252
RGB	rgb(66, 194, 82)
HSL	hsl(128, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(128, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 57.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.72, -57.62, 45.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.72, 73.44, 141.69°)
OKLab	oklab(71.97% -0.1558 0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(71.97% 0.189 145.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.0600, 40.3486, 14.5538)
Luminance	0.4035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C252 #C242B2

analogous

#72C242 #42C252 #42C292

triadic

#42C252 #5242C2 #C25242

tetradic

#42C252 #4272C2 #C242B2 #C29242

square

#42C252 #4272C2 #C242B2 #C29242

split-complementary

#42C252 #9242C2 #C24272

monochromatic

#22682A #31963D #42C252 #70D17C #9FE0A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#42C252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#42C252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C252

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C252	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B147

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A65B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1CBDA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 194, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.189 145.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d586',
    500: '#42c252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c252;
$custom-light: #86d586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 127.5,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7197,
    "c": 0.18948,
    "h": 145.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C252

secondary

#CC94C5

accent

#4DC9DB

background

#F8FDF8

surface

#F0FAEF

border

#CBD3CA

text

#0C140B

muted

#7D837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C252

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

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