#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
RGBrgb(66, 196, 54)
HSLhsl(115, 57%, 49%)
HSVhsv(115, 72%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(66.3%, 0%, 72.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(70.11, -61.16, 57.66)
CIE-LCHlch(70.11, 84.05, 136.69°)
OKLaboklab(72.21% -0.1667 0.1307)
OKLCHoklch(72.21% 0.212 141.9)
XYZxyz(22.6513, 40.9021, 10.1905)
Luminance0.4090 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

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
##42C4361.002.299.189.18
#FFFFFF2.291.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1821.001.001.00
##0000009.1821.001.001.00

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

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#42C436 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva