#42C437#42C437

#42C437 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.211 H 142.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C437
RGB	rgb(66, 196, 55)
HSL	hsl(115, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(115, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 0%, 71.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.11, -61.08, 57.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.11, 83.75, 136.83°)
OKLab	oklab(72.22% -0.1664 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(72.22% 0.211 142)
XYZ	xyz(22.6750, 40.9116, 10.3154)
Luminance	0.4091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C437 #B937C4

analogous

#89C437 #42C437 #37C473

triadic

#42C437 #3742C4 #C43742

tetradic

#42C437 #3789C4 #B937C4 #C47337

square

#42C437 #3789C4 #B937C4 #C47337

split-complementary

#42C437 #7337C4 #C43789

monochromatic

#22641C #32942A #42C437 #6DD465 #9AE194

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#42C437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#42C437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C437

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C437	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)

#C9B21F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A745

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26BEA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 196, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.211 142.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d776',
    500: '#42c437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c437;
$custom-light: #87d776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 115.319,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72223,
    "c": 0.21119,
    "h": 142
  },
  "luminance": 0.40914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C437

secondary

#C78BCC

accent

#48DFD4

background

#F9FDF7

surface

#F1FAED

border

#CBD3C8

text

#0D1409

muted

#7E837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C437

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

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