#42C449#42C449

#42C449 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.199 H 144.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C449
RGB	rgb(66, 196, 73)
HSL	hsl(123, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(123, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 0%, 62.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.26, -59.38, 50.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.26, 77.75, 139.79°)
OKLab	oklab(72.39% -0.1609 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(72.39% 0.199 144)
XYZ	xyz(23.1879, 41.1167, 13.0164)
Luminance	0.4112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C449 #C442BD

analogous

#7CC442 #42C449 #42C48A

triadic

#42C449 #4942C4 #C44942

tetradic

#42C449 #427CC4 #C442BD #C48A42

square

#42C449 #427CC4 #C442BD #C48A42

split-complementary

#42C449 #8A42C4 #C4427C

monochromatic

#216A25 #309935 #42C449 #71D376 #9FE1A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#42C449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#42C449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C449

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C449	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B23B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A854

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#20BFAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 196, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.199 144.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d780',
    500: '#42c449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c449;
$custom-light: #86d780;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 123.231,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72388,
    "c": 0.19901,
    "h": 144
  },
  "luminance": 0.41119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C449

secondary

#CE94CA

accent

#4CD4DC

background

#F8FDF8

surface

#F0FAEF

border

#CBD3CA

text

#0D140B

muted

#7D837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C449

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

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