#42C538#42C538

#42C538 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.212 H 142.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C538
RGB	rgb(66, 197, 56)
HSL	hsl(116, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(116, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 0%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.44, -61.33, 57.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.44, 83.91, 136.97°)
OKLab	oklab(72.49% -0.167 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(72.49% 0.212 142.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.9256, 41.3739, 10.5184)
Luminance	0.4138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C538 #BB38C5

analogous

#88C538 #42C538 #38C575

triadic

#42C538 #3842C5 #C53842

tetradic

#42C538 #3888C5 #BB38C5 #C57538

square

#42C538 #3888C5 #BB38C5 #C57538

split-complementary

#42C538 #7538C5 #C53888

monochromatic

#22661D #32952A #42C538 #6ED467 #9CE196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#42C538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#42C538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C538

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C538	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB320

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA846

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25BFA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 197, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.212 142.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d877',
    500: '#42c538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c538;
$custom-light: #87d877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 115.745,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72492,
    "c": 0.21172,
    "h": 142.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C538

secondary

#C88CCD

accent

#49DFD4

background

#F9FDF7

surface

#F1FAEE

border

#CBD3C9

text

#0D1509

muted

#7E837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C538

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

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