#42C850#42C850

#42C850 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.198 H 144.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C850
RGB	rgb(66, 200, 80)
HSL	hsl(126, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(126, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 60%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.58, -59.97, 48.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.58, 77.20, 140.97°)
OKLab	oklab(73.51% -0.1622 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(73.51% 0.198 144.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.3474, 43.0434, 14.6130)
Luminance	0.4305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C850 #C842BA

analogous

#77C842 #42C850 #42C893

triadic

#42C850 #5042C8 #C85042

tetradic

#42C850 #4277C8 #C842BA #C89342

square

#42C850 #4277C8 #C842BA #C89342

split-complementary

#42C850 #9342C8 #C84277

monochromatic

#206F29 #2E9F3A #42C850 #71D67C #A1E4A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#42C850 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#42C850 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C850

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C850	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C850	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB643

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAB5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#19C3AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c850;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 200, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.198 144.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87da85',
    500: '#42c850',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c850;
$custom-light: #87da85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c850",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 126.269,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73507,
    "c": 0.19848,
    "h": 144.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C850

secondary

#D096CA

accent

#4ACFDE

background

#F9FDF8

surface

#F1FBEF

border

#CBD4CA

text

#0D150B

muted

#7E837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C850

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

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