#42C338#42C338

#42C338 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.209 H 142.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C338
RGB	rgb(66, 195, 56)
HSL	hsl(116, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(116, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 0%, 71.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.80, -60.66, 56.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.80, 82.97, 136.98°)
OKLab	oklab(71.97% -0.1652 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(71.97% 0.209 142.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.4744, 40.4717, 10.3680)
Luminance	0.4047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C338 #B938C3

analogous

#88C338 #42C338 #38C373

triadic

#42C338 #3842C3 #C33842

tetradic

#42C338 #3888C3 #B938C3 #C37338

square

#42C338 #3888C3 #B938C3 #C37338

split-complementary

#42C338 #7338C3 #C33888

monochromatic

#22641D #32932A #42C338 #6DD365 #9AE195

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#42C338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#42C338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C338

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C338	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B121

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A746

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26BDA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 195, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.209 142.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d677',
    500: '#42c338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c338;
$custom-light: #87d677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 115.683,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71968,
    "c": 0.20944,
    "h": 142.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C338

secondary

#C78BCC

accent

#49DFD4

background

#F9FDF7

surface

#F1FAED

border

#CBD3C8

text

#0D1409

muted

#7E837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C338

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

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