#42C537#42C537

#42C537 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.212 H 142.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42C537
RGBrgb(66, 197, 55)
HSLhsl(115, 56%, 49%)
HSVhsv(115, 72%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(66.5%, 0%, 72.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(70.43, -61.41, 57.62)
CIE-LCHlch(70.43, 84.21, 136.82°)
OKLaboklab(72.49% -0.1673 0.1307)
OKLCHoklch(72.49% 0.212 142)
XYZxyz(22.9013, 41.3642, 10.3909)
Luminance0.4137 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42C537 #BA37C5
analogous
#89C537 #42C537 #37C573
triadic
#42C537 #3742C5 #C53742
tetradic
#42C537 #3789C5 #BA37C5 #C57337
square
#42C537 #3789C5 #BA37C5 #C57337
split-complementary
#42C537 #7337C5 #C53789
monochromatic
#22651C #32952A #42C537 #6ED465 #9BE195

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26
#42C537 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27
#42C537 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C537
9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42C537#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42C5371.002.269.279.27
#FFFFFF2.261.0021.0021.00
#0000009.2721.001.001.00
##0000009.2721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CAB31E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BAA845
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#25BFA9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42c537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 197, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.212 142.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d876',
    500: '#42c537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42c537;
$custom-light: #87d876;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42c537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 115.352,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72485,
    "c": 0.21232,
    "h": 142
  },
  "luminance": 0.41367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42C537
secondary
#C88BCD
accent
#48E0D4
background
#F9FDF7
surface
#F1FAED
border
#CBD3C8
text
#0D1509
muted
#7E837B

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#42C537 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva