#42C852#42C852

#42C852 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.197 H 145.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C852
RGB	rgb(66, 200, 82)
HSL	hsl(127, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(127, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 59%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.60, -59.73, 47.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.60, 76.46, 141.37°)
OKLab	oklab(73.53% -0.1615 0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(73.53% 0.197 145.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.4224, 43.0734, 15.0079)
Luminance	0.4308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C852 #C842B8

analogous

#75C842 #42C852 #42C895

triadic

#42C852 #5242C8 #C85242

tetradic

#42C852 #4275C8 #C842B8 #C89542

square

#42C852 #4275C8 #C842B8 #C89542

split-complementary

#42C852 #9542C8 #C84275

monochromatic

#206F2A #2E9F3C #42C852 #71D67D #A1E4A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#42C852 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#42C852 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C852

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C852	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C852	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB646

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAB5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#18C3AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c852;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 200, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.197 145.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87da86',
    500: '#42c852',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c852;
$custom-light: #87da86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c852",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 127.164,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73531,
    "c": 0.1969,
    "h": 145.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C852

secondary

#D096C9

accent

#4ACCDE

background

#F8FDF8

surface

#F0FBF0

border

#CBD4CB

text

#0D150B

muted

#7D837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C852

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

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