#42C263#42C263

#42C263 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.175 H 148.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C263
RGB	rgb(66, 194, 99)
HSL	hsl(135, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(135, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 49%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.92, -55.26, 37.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.92, 66.83, 145.78°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% -0.149 0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.175 148.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.7889, 40.6402, 18.3926)
Luminance	0.4064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C263 #C242A1

analogous

#61C242 #42C263 #42C2A3

triadic

#42C263 #6342C2 #C26342

tetradic

#42C263 #4261C2 #C242A1 #C2A342

square

#42C263 #4261C2 #C242A1 #C2A342

split-complementary

#42C263 #A342C2 #C24261

monochromatic

#226834 #31964B #42C263 #70D189 #9FE0AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#42C263 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#42C263 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C263

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C263	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C263	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B25B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A76A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0FBEAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c263;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 194, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.175 148.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d591',
    500: '#42c263',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c263;
$custom-light: #85d591;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c263",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 135.469,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72207,
    "c": 0.17477,
    "h": 148.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C263

secondary

#CC94BE

accent

#4DB6DB

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FAF1

border

#CBD3CB

text

#0C140D

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C263

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

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