#42C463#42C463

#42C463 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.177 H 148.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C463
RGB	rgb(66, 196, 99)
HSL	hsl(135, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(135, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 0%, 49.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.55, -55.99, 38.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.55, 67.88, 145.58°)
OKLab	oklab(72.72% -0.151 0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(72.72% 0.177 148.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.2370, 41.5364, 18.5420)
Luminance	0.4154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C463 #C442A3

analogous

#62C442 #42C463 #42C4A4

triadic

#42C463 #6342C4 #C46342

tetradic

#42C463 #4262C4 #C442A3 #C4A442

square

#42C463 #4262C4 #C442A3 #C4A442

split-complementary

#42C463 #A442C4 #C44262

monochromatic

#216A34 #30994A #42C463 #71D389 #9FE1B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#42C463 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#42C463 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C463

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C463	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C463	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B35B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A86A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0CC0AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c463;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 196, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.177 148.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d791',
    500: '#42c463',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c463;
$custom-light: #85d791;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c463",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 135.231,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72724,
    "c": 0.17738,
    "h": 148.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C463

secondary

#CE94BF

accent

#4CB7DC

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FAF1

border

#CBD3CB

text

#0C140D

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C463

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

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