#42C442#42C442

#42C442 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.204 H 143.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C442
RGB	rgb(66, 196, 66)
HSL	hsl(120, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(120, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 0%, 66.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.20, -60.10, 53.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.20, 80.19, 138.54°)
OKLab	oklab(72.32% -0.1632 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(72.32% 0.204 143.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.9687, 41.0291, 11.8621)
Luminance	0.4103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C442 #C442C4

analogous

#83C442 #42C442 #42C483

triadic

#42C442 #4242C4 #C44242

tetradic

#42C442 #4283C4 #C442C4 #C48342

square

#42C442 #4283C4 #C442C4 #C48342

split-complementary

#42C442 #8342C4 #C44283

monochromatic

#216A21 #309930 #42C442 #71D371 #9FE19F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#42C442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#42C442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C442

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C442	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B231

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A84E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#22BEA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 196, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.204 143.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d77c',
    500: '#42c442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c442;
$custom-light: #87d77c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72317,
    "c": 0.20408,
    "h": 143.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C442

secondary

#CE94CE

accent

#4CDCDC

background

#F8FDF7

surface

#F0FAEE

border

#CBD3C9

text

#0D140A

muted

#7D837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C442

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

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