#42C53D#42C53D

#42C53D is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.209 H 142.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42C53D
RGBrgb(66, 197, 61)
HSLhsl(118, 54%, 51%)
HSVhsv(118, 69%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(66.5%, 0%, 69%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(70.47, -60.91, 55.40)
CIE-LCHlch(70.47, 82.33, 137.71°)
OKLaboklab(72.53% -0.1656 0.1268)
OKLCHoklch(72.53% 0.209 142.6)
XYZxyz(23.0540, 41.4253, 11.1949)
Luminance0.4143 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42C53D #C03DC5
analogous
#86C53D #42C53D #3DC57C
triadic
#42C53D #3D42C5 #C53D42
tetradic
#42C53D #3D86C5 #C03DC5 #C57C3D
square
#42C53D #3D86C5 #C03DC5 #C57C3D
split-complementary
#42C53D #7C3DC5 #C53D86
monochromatic
#22681F #31982D #42C53D #70D36C #9EE19B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26
#42C53D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29
#42C53D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C53D
9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42C53D#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42C53D1.002.269.299.29
#FFFFFF2.261.0021.0021.00
#0000009.2921.001.001.00
##0000009.2921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C9B329
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BAA84A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#23BFAA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42c53d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 197, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.209 142.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d879',
    500: '#42c53d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42c53d;
$custom-light: #87d879;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42c53d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 117.794,
    "s": 53.968,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72534,
    "c": 0.2086,
    "h": 142.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42C53D
secondary
#CB91CD
accent
#4ADDD8
background
#F9FDF7
surface
#F1FAEE
border
#CBD3C9
text
#0D150A
muted
#7E837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C53D

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#42C53D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva