#42C44E#42C44E

#42C44E is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.195 H 144.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C44E
RGB	rgb(66, 196, 78)
HSL	hsl(126, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(126, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 0%, 60.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.31, -58.81, 48.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.31, 75.94, 140.76°)
OKLab	oklab(72.44% -0.1592 0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(72.44% 0.195 144.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.3604, 41.1857, 13.9248)
Luminance	0.4119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C44E #C442B8

analogous

#77C442 #42C44E #42C48F

triadic

#42C44E #4E42C4 #C44E42

tetradic

#42C44E #4277C4 #C442B8 #C48F42

square

#42C44E #4277C4 #C442B8 #C48F42

split-complementary

#42C44E #8F42C4 #C44277

monochromatic

#216A28 #309939 #42C44E #71D37A #9FE1A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#42C44E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#42C44E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C44E

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C44E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C44E	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B241

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A858

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1DBFAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c44e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 196, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.195 144.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d783',
    500: '#42c44e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c44e;
$custom-light: #86d783;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c44e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 125.538,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72443,
    "c": 0.19517,
    "h": 144.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C44E

secondary

#CE94C8

accent

#4CCFDC

background

#F8FDF8

surface

#F0FAEF

border

#CBD3CA

text

#0C140B

muted

#7D837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C44E

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

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