#42C422#42C422

#42C422 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.222 H 140.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C422
RGB	rgb(66, 196, 34)
HSL	hsl(108, 70%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(108, 83%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 0%, 82.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.00, -62.43, 63.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.00, 89.26, 134.38°)
OKLab	oklab(72.09% -0.1711 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(72.09% 0.222 140.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.2743, 40.7513, 8.2050)
Luminance	0.4075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C422 #A422C4

analogous

#93C422 #42C422 #22C453

triadic

#42C422 #2242C4 #C42242

tetradic

#42C422 #2293C4 #A422C4 #C45322

square

#42C422 #2293C4 #A422C4 #C45322

split-complementary

#42C422 #5322C4 #C42293

monochromatic

#1F5C10 #309019 #42C422 #63DF45 #8FE879

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#42C422 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#42C422 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C422

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C422	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C422	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA737

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2ABEA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c422;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 196, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.222 140.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d76d',
    500: '#42c422',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c422;
$custom-light: #88d76d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c422",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 108.148,
    "s": 70.435,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72093,
    "c": 0.22155,
    "h": 140.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C422

secondary

#BD73CF

accent

#3BEDCA

background

#F9FDF7

surface

#F1FAED

border

#CBD3C8

text

#0D1408

muted

#7E837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C422

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

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