#42C848#42C848

#42C848 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.205 H 143.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C848
RGB	rgb(66, 200, 72)
HSL	hsl(123, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(123, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 64%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.51, -60.86, 52.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.51, 80.06, 139.48°)
OKLab	oklab(73.42% -0.165 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(73.42% 0.205 143.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.0693, 42.9322, 13.1479)
Luminance	0.4294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C848 #C842C2

analogous

#7FC842 #42C848 #42C88B

triadic

#42C848 #4842C8 #C84842

tetradic

#42C848 #427FC8 #C842C2 #C88B42

square

#42C848 #427FC8 #C842C2 #C88B42

split-complementary

#42C848 #8B42C8 #C8427F

monochromatic

#206F24 #2E9F33 #42C848 #71D676 #A1E4A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#42C848 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#42C848 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C848

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C848	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C848	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB638

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1DC3AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c848;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 200, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.205 143.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87da80',
    500: '#42c848',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c848;
$custom-light: #87da80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c848",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 122.687,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7342,
    "c": 0.20454,
    "h": 143.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C848

secondary

#D096CE

accent

#4AD8DE

background

#F9FDF8

surface

#F1FBEF

border

#CBD4CA

text

#0D150B

muted

#7E837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C848

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

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