#42C844#42C844

#42C844 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.207 H 143.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C844
RGB	rgb(66, 200, 68)
HSL	hsl(121, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(121, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 66%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.47, -61.27, 53.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.47, 81.44, 138.79°)
OKLab	oklab(73.38% -0.1663 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(73.38% 0.207 143.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.9430, 42.8817, 12.4829)
Luminance	0.4288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C844 #C842C6

analogous

#83C842 #42C844 #42C887

triadic

#42C844 #4442C8 #C84442

tetradic

#42C844 #4283C8 #C842C6 #C88742

square

#42C844 #4283C8 #C842C6 #C88742

split-complementary

#42C844 #8742C8 #C84283

monochromatic

#206F22 #2E9F30 #42C844 #71D673 #A1E4A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#42C844 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#42C844 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C844

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C844	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C844	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB633

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1FC2AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c844;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 200, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.207 143.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87da7e',
    500: '#42c844',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c844;
$custom-light: #87da7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c844",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120.896,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73381,
    "c": 0.20738,
    "h": 143.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C844

secondary

#D096CF

accent

#4ADCDE

background

#F9FDF7

surface

#F1FBEE

border

#CBD4C9

text

#0D150A

muted

#7E837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C844

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

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