#42C43E#42C43E

#42C43E is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.207 H 142.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C43E
RGB	rgb(66, 196, 62)
HSL	hsl(118, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(118, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 0%, 68.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.16, -60.48, 54.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.16, 81.53, 137.88°)
OKLab	oklab(72.28% -0.1644 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(72.28% 0.207 142.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.8549, 40.9835, 11.2627)
Luminance	0.4099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C43E #C03EC4

analogous

#85C43E #42C43E #3EC47D

triadic

#42C43E #3E42C4 #C43E42

tetradic

#42C43E #3E85C4 #C03EC4 #C47D3E

square

#42C43E #3E85C4 #C03EC4 #C47D3E

split-complementary

#42C43E #7D3EC4 #C43E85

monochromatic

#226820 #31972E #42C43E #70D26D #9EE19C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#42C43E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#42C43E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C43E

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C43E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C43E	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B22B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A74B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24BEA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c43e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 196, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.207 142.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d77a',
    500: '#42c43e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c43e;
$custom-light: #87d77a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c43e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 118.209,
    "s": 53.175,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72281,
    "c": 0.20678,
    "h": 142.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C43E

secondary

#CB91CD

accent

#4BDDD8

background

#F9FDF7

surface

#F1FAEE

border

#CBD3C9

text

#0D140A

muted

#7E837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C43E

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

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