#42C541#42C541

#42C541 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.206 H 143.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C541
RGB	rgb(66, 197, 65)
HSL	hsl(120, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(120, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 0%, 67%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.50, -60.54, 53.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.50, 81.01, 138.35°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% -0.1644 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.206 143)
XYZ	xyz(23.1658, 41.4700, 11.7837)
Luminance	0.4147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C541 #C441C5

analogous

#84C541 #42C541 #41C582

triadic

#42C541 #4142C5 #C54142

tetradic

#42C541 #4184C5 #C441C5 #C58241

square

#42C541 #4184C5 #C441C5 #C58241

split-complementary

#42C541 #8241C5 #C54184

monochromatic

#216B21 #309A2F #42C541 #71D370 #9FE29F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#42C541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#42C541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C541

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C541	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)

#C9B32F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA84D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#22BFAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 197, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.206 143.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d87c',
    500: '#42c541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c541;
$custom-light: #87d87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 119.545,
    "s": 53.226,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72569,
    "c": 0.20594,
    "h": 143
  },
  "luminance": 0.41472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C541

secondary

#CE94CE

accent

#4BDDDC

background

#F9FDF7

surface

#F1FAEE

border

#CBD3C9

text

#0D150A

muted

#7E837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C541

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

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