#42C439#42C439

#42C439 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.210 H 142.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C439
RGB	rgb(66, 196, 57)
HSL	hsl(116, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(116, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 0%, 70.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.13, -60.91, 56.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.13, 83.13, 137.12°)
OKLab	oklab(72.24% -0.1659 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(72.24% 0.21 142.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.7239, 40.9312, 10.5731)
Luminance	0.4093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C439 #BB39C4

analogous

#88C439 #42C439 #39C476

triadic

#42C439 #3942C4 #C43942

tetradic

#42C439 #3988C4 #BB39C4 #C47639

square

#42C439 #3988C4 #BB39C4 #C47639

split-complementary

#42C439 #7639C4 #C43988

monochromatic

#22651D #32952B #42C439 #6ED367 #9CE197

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#42C439 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#42C439 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C439

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C439	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C439	1.00	2.29	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B222

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A747

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25BEA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c439;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 196, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.210 142.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d777',
    500: '#42c439',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c439;
$custom-light: #87d777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c439",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 116.115,
    "s": 54.941,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72238,
    "c": 0.20997,
    "h": 142.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C439

secondary

#C88DCC

accent

#4ADED5

background

#F9FDF7

surface

#F1FAEE

border

#CBD3C9

text

#0D1409

muted

#7E837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C439

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

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