#42C83E#42C83E

#42C83E is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.211 H 142.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C83E
RGB	rgb(66, 200, 62)
HSL	hsl(118, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(118, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 69%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.43, -61.83, 56.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.43, 83.43, 137.82°)
OKLab	oklab(73.33% -0.1681 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(73.33% 0.211 142.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.7692, 42.8121, 11.5674)
Luminance	0.4281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C83E #C43EC8

analogous

#87C83E #42C83E #3EC87F

triadic

#42C83E #3E42C8 #C83E42

tetradic

#42C83E #3E87C8 #C43EC8 #C87F3E

square

#42C83E #3E87C8 #C43EC8 #C87F3E

split-complementary

#42C83E #7F3EC8 #C83E87

monochromatic

#216D1F #309C2D #42C83E #71D66E #9FE39D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#42C83E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#42C83E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C83E

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C83E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C83E	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB62A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21C2AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c83e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 200, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.211 142.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88da7a',
    500: '#42c83e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c83e;
$custom-light: #88da7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c83e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 118.261,
    "s": 55.645,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73327,
    "c": 0.2114,
    "h": 142.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C83E

secondary

#CE92CF

accent

#49DFDB

background

#F9FDF7

surface

#F1FBEE

border

#CBD4C9

text

#0D150A

muted

#7E837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C83E

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

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