#42C52A#42C52A

#42C52A is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.219 H 141.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C52A
RGB	rgb(66, 197, 42)
HSL	hsl(111, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(111, 79%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 0%, 78.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.35, -62.32, 61.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.35, 87.83, 135.20°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% -0.1704 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.219 141)
XYZ	xyz(22.6298, 41.2556, 8.9606)
Luminance	0.4126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C52A #AD2AC5

analogous

#90C52A #42C52A #2AC560

triadic

#42C52A #2A42C5 #C52A42

tetradic

#42C52A #2A90C5 #AD2AC5 #C5602A

square

#42C52A #2A90C5 #AD2AC5 #C5602A

split-complementary

#42C52A #602AC5 #C52A90

monochromatic

#206014 #31931F #42C52A #67DA52 #93E585

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#42C52A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#42C52A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C52A

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C52A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C52A	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28BFA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c52a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 197, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.219 141.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d870',
    500: '#42c52a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c52a;
$custom-light: #88d870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c52a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 110.71,
    "s": 64.854,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72398,
    "c": 0.21921,
    "h": 141
  },
  "luminance": 0.41258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C52A

secondary

#C17DCE

accent

#40E8CE

background

#F9FDF7

surface

#F1FAED

border

#CBD3C8

text

#0D1508

muted

#7E837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C52A

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

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