#42C853#42C853

#42C853 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.196 H 145.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C853
RGB	rgb(66, 200, 83)
HSL	hsl(128, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(128, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 58.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.62, -59.61, 47.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.62, 76.09, 141.58°)
OKLab	oklab(73.54% -0.1611 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(73.54% 0.196 145.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.4608, 43.0888, 15.2098)
Luminance	0.4309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C853 #C842B7

analogous

#74C842 #42C853 #42C896

triadic

#42C853 #5342C8 #C85342

tetradic

#42C853 #4274C8 #C842B7 #C89642

square

#42C853 #4274C8 #C842B7 #C89642

split-complementary

#42C853 #9642C8 #C84274

monochromatic

#206F2A #2E9F3C #42C853 #71D67E #A1E4A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#42C853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#42C853 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C853

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C853	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)

#CBB647

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAB5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#17C3AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 200, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.196 145.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87da87',
    500: '#42c853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c853;
$custom-light: #87da87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 127.612,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73543,
    "c": 0.1961,
    "h": 145.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C853

secondary

#D096C9

accent

#4ACBDE

background

#F8FDF8

surface

#F0FBF0

border

#CBD4CB

text

#0D150B

muted

#7D837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C853

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

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