#42C435#42C435

#42C435 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.212 H 141.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C435
RGB	rgb(66, 196, 53)
HSL	hsl(115, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(115, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 0%, 73%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.10, -61.23, 58.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.10, 84.35, 136.55°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% -0.1669 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.212 141.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.6281, 40.8928, 10.0681)
Luminance	0.4089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C435 #B735C4

analogous

#8AC435 #42C435 #35C46F

triadic

#42C435 #3542C4 #C43542

tetradic

#42C435 #358AC4 #B735C4 #C46F35

square

#42C435 #358AC4 #B735C4 #C46F35

split-complementary

#42C435 #6F35C4 #C4358A

monochromatic

#22641B #329428 #42C435 #6CD462 #99E192

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#42C435 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#42C435 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C435

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C435	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C435	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B21B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A744

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26BEA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c435;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 196, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.212 141.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d775',
    500: '#42c435',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c435;
$custom-light: #87d775;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c435",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 114.545,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72207,
    "c": 0.21236,
    "h": 141.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C435

secondary

#C688CC

accent

#47E1D3

background

#F9FDF7

surface

#F1FAED

border

#CBD3C8

text

#0D1409

muted

#7E837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C435

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

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