#42C53E#42C53E

#42C53E is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.208 H 142.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C53E
RGB	rgb(66, 197, 62)
HSL	hsl(118, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(118, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 0%, 68.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.48, -60.82, 55.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.48, 82.01, 137.87°)
OKLab	oklab(72.54% -0.1653 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(72.54% 0.208 142.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.0812, 41.4362, 11.3381)
Luminance	0.4144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C53E #C13EC5

analogous

#85C53E #42C53E #3EC57D

triadic

#42C53E #3E42C5 #C53E42

tetradic

#42C53E #3E85C5 #C13EC5 #C57D3E

square

#42C53E #3E85C5 #C13EC5 #C57D3E

split-complementary

#42C53E #7D3EC5 #C53E85

monochromatic

#226920 #31982E #42C53E #70D36D #9EE19C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#42C53E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#42C53E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C53E

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C53E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C53E	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B32A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA84B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23BFAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c53e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 197, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.208 142.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d87a',
    500: '#42c53e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c53e;
$custom-light: #87d87a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c53e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 118.222,
    "s": 53.785,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72542,
    "c": 0.20794,
    "h": 142.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C53E

secondary

#CC91CD

accent

#4BDDD9

background

#F9FDF7

surface

#F1FAEE

border

#CBD3C9

text

#0D150A

muted

#7E837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C53E

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

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