#42C642#42C642

#42C642 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.206 H 143.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C642
RGB	rgb(66, 198, 66)
HSL	hsl(120, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(120, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 66.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.83, -60.78, 53.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.83, 81.16, 138.50°)
OKLab	oklab(72.84% -0.165 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(72.84% 0.206 143.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.4228, 41.9373, 12.0135)
Luminance	0.4194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C642 #C642C6

analogous

#84C642 #42C642 #42C684

triadic

#42C642 #4242C6 #C64242

tetradic

#42C642 #4284C6 #C642C6 #C68442

square

#42C642 #4284C6 #C642C6 #C68442

split-complementary

#42C642 #8442C6 #C64284

monochromatic

#216D21 #2F9C2F #42C642 #71D471 #A0E2A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#42C642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#42C642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C642

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C642	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB430

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA94E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21C0AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 198, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.206 143.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d87c',
    500: '#42c642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c642;
$custom-light: #87d87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7284,
    "c": 0.20642,
    "h": 143.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C642

secondary

#CF95CF

accent

#4BDDDD

background

#F9FDF7

surface

#F1FBEE

border

#CBD4C9

text

#0D150A

muted

#7E837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C642

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

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