#42C845#42C845

#42C845 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.207 H 143.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C845
RGB	rgb(66, 200, 69)
HSL	hsl(121, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(121, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 65.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.48, -61.17, 53.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.48, 81.10, 138.96°)
OKLab	oklab(73.39% -0.1659 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(73.39% 0.207 143.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.9738, 42.8940, 12.6450)
Luminance	0.4290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C845 #C842C5

analogous

#82C842 #42C845 #42C888

triadic

#42C845 #4542C8 #C84542

tetradic

#42C845 #4282C8 #C842C5 #C88842

square

#42C845 #4282C8 #C842C5 #C88842

split-complementary

#42C845 #8842C8 #C84282

monochromatic

#206F22 #2E9F31 #42C845 #71D674 #A1E4A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#42C845 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#42C845 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C845

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C845	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C845	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)

#CCB634

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1FC2AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c845;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 200, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.207 143.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87da7e',
    500: '#42c845',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c845;
$custom-light: #87da7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c845",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 121.343,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7339,
    "c": 0.20668,
    "h": 143.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C845

secondary

#D096CF

accent

#4ADBDE

background

#F9FDF7

surface

#F1FBEE

border

#CBD4C9

text

#0D150A

muted

#7E837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C845

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

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