#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
RGB	rgb(66, 197, 55)
HSL	hsl(115, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(115, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 0%, 72.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.43, -61.41, 57.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.43, 84.21, 136.82°)
OKLab	oklab(72.49% -0.1673 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(72.49% 0.212 142)
XYZ	xyz(22.9013, 41.3642, 10.3909)
Luminance	0.4137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##42C537	1.00	2.26	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C537

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

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