#42C45D#42C45D

#42C45D is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.183 H 147.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42C45D
RGBrgb(66, 196, 93)
HSLhsl(132, 52%, 51%)
HSVhsv(132, 66%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(66.3%, 0%, 52.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(70.47, -56.87, 41.21)
CIE-LCHlch(70.47, 70.24, 144.07°)
OKLaboklab(72.64% -0.1534 0.0991)
OKLCHoklch(72.64% 0.183 147.1)
XYZxyz(23.9608, 41.4259, 17.0871)
Luminance0.4143 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42C45D #C442A9
analogous
#68C442 #42C45D #42C49E
triadic
#42C45D #5D42C4 #C45D42
tetradic
#42C45D #4268C4 #C442A9 #C49E42
square
#42C45D #4268C4 #C442A9 #C49E42
split-complementary
#42C45D #9E42C4 #C44268
monochromatic
#216A30 #309946 #42C45D #71D385 #9FE1AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26
#42C45D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29
#42C45D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C45D
9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42C45D#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42C45D1.002.269.299.29
#FFFFFF2.261.0021.0021.00
#0000009.2921.001.001.00
##0000009.2921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C6B354
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B6A865
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#13C0AC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42c45d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 196, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.183 147.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d78d',
    500: '#42c45d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42c45d;
$custom-light: #86d78d;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42c45d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 132.462,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72636,
    "c": 0.18269,
    "h": 147.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42C45D
secondary
#CE94C2
accent
#4CBEDC
background
#F8FDF8
surface
#F0FAF0
border
#CBD3CB
text
#0C140C
muted
#7D837D

Preview Lab

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#42C45D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva