#42C849#42C849

#42C849 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.204 H 143.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C849
RGB	rgb(66, 200, 73)
HSL	hsl(123, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(123, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 63.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.52, -60.75, 51.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.52, 79.71, 139.65°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% -0.1646 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.204 143.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.1022, 42.9453, 13.3211)
Luminance	0.4295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C849 #C842C1

analogous

#7EC842 #42C849 #42C88C

triadic

#42C849 #4942C8 #C84942

tetradic

#42C849 #427EC8 #C842C1 #C88C42

square

#42C849 #427EC8 #C842C1 #C88C42

split-complementary

#42C849 #8C42C8 #C8427E

monochromatic

#206F24 #2E9F34 #42C849 #71D677 #A1E4A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#42C849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#42C849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C849

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C849	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)

#CCB63A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1DC3AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 200, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.204 143.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87da81',
    500: '#42c849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c849;
$custom-light: #87da81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 123.134,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73431,
    "c": 0.2038,
    "h": 143.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C849

secondary

#D096CD

accent

#4AD6DE

background

#F9FDF8

surface

#F1FBEF

border

#CBD4CA

text

#0D150B

muted

#7E837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C849

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

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