#42C436#42C436

#42C436 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.212 H 141.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C436
RGB	rgb(66, 196, 54)
HSL	hsl(115, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(115, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 0%, 72.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.11, -61.16, 57.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.11, 84.05, 136.69°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% -0.1667 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.212 141.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.6513, 40.9021, 10.1905)
Luminance	0.4090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C436 #B836C4

analogous

#89C436 #42C436 #36C471

triadic

#42C436 #3642C4 #C43642

tetradic

#42C436 #3689C4 #B836C4 #C47136

square

#42C436 #3689C4 #B836C4 #C47136

split-complementary

#42C436 #7136C4 #C43689

monochromatic

#22641C #329429 #42C436 #6DD463 #9AE193

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#42C436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#42C436 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C436

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C436	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)

#C9B21D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A745

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26BEA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 196, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.212 141.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d776',
    500: '#42c436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c436;
$custom-light: #87d776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 114.93,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72215,
    "c": 0.21178,
    "h": 141.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C436

secondary

#C789CC

accent

#48E0D3

background

#F9FDF7

surface

#F1FAED

border

#CBD3C8

text

#0D1409

muted

#7E837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C436

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

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