#42C262#42C262

#42C262 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.176 H 148.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C262
RGB	rgb(66, 194, 98)
HSL	hsl(135, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(135, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 49.5%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.91, -55.41, 38.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.91, 67.23, 145.51°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% -0.1494 0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.176 148.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.7414, 40.6212, 18.1424)
Luminance	0.4062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C262 #C242A2

analogous

#62C242 #42C262 #42C2A2

triadic

#42C262 #6242C2 #C26242

tetradic

#42C262 #4262C2 #C242A2 #C2A242

square

#42C262 #4262C2 #C242A2 #C2A242

split-complementary

#42C262 #A242C2 #C24262

monochromatic

#226833 #31964A #42C262 #70D188 #9FE0AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#42C262 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#42C262 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C262

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C262	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C262	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B25A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A669

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#10BEAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c262;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 194, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.176 148.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d590',
    500: '#42c262',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c262;
$custom-light: #85d590;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c262",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 135,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72191,
    "c": 0.17567,
    "h": 148.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C262

secondary

#CC94BE

accent

#4DB7DB

background

#F8FDF8

surface

#F0FAF0

border

#CBD3CB

text

#0C140D

muted

#7D837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C262

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

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