#42C831#42C831

#42C831 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.219 H 141.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C831
RGB	rgb(66, 200, 49)
HSL	hsl(113, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(113, 76%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 75.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.34, -62.86, 60.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.34, 87.33, 136.03°)
OKLab	oklab(73.23% -0.1715 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(73.23% 0.219 141.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.4542, 42.6861, 9.9083)
Luminance	0.4269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C831 #B731C8

analogous

#8EC831 #42C831 #31C86C

triadic

#42C831 #3142C8 #C83142

tetradic

#42C831 #318EC8 #B731C8 #C86C31

square

#42C831 #318EC8 #B731C8 #C86C31

split-complementary

#42C831 #6C31C8 #C8318E

monochromatic

#226619 #329725 #42C831 #6CD85F #99E490

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#42C831 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#42C831 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C831

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C831	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C831	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB50E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25C2AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c831;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 200, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.219 141.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88da74',
    500: '#42c831',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c831;
$custom-light: #88da74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c831",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 113.245,
    "s": 60.643,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73228,
    "c": 0.21902,
    "h": 141.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C831

secondary

#C686CE

accent

#44E4D2

background

#F9FDF7

surface

#F1FBED

border

#CBD4C8

text

#0D1509

muted

#7E837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C831

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

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