#42C438#42C438

#42C438 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.211 H 142.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C438
RGB	rgb(66, 196, 56)
HSL	hsl(116, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(116, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 0%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.12, -61.00, 56.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.12, 83.44, 136.97°)
OKLab	oklab(72.23% -0.1661 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(72.23% 0.211 142.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.6992, 40.9213, 10.4430)
Luminance	0.4092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C438 #BA38C4

analogous

#88C438 #42C438 #38C474

triadic

#42C438 #3842C4 #C43842

tetradic

#42C438 #3888C4 #BA38C4 #C47438

square

#42C438 #3888C4 #BA38C4 #C47438

split-complementary

#42C438 #7438C4 #C43888

monochromatic

#22651D #32942A #42C438 #6ED366 #9BE196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#42C438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#42C438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C438

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C438	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)

#C9B221

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A746

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26BEA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 196, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.211 142.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d777',
    500: '#42c438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c438;
$custom-light: #87d777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 115.714,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7223,
    "c": 0.21059,
    "h": 142.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C438

secondary

#C88CCC

accent

#49DFD4

background

#F9FDF7

surface

#F1FAEE

border

#CBD3C9

text

#0D1409

muted

#7E837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C438

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

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