#42C949#42C949

#42C949 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.205 H 143.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42C949
RGBrgb(66, 201, 73)
HSLhsl(123, 56%, 52%)
HSVhsv(123, 67%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(67.2%, 0%, 63.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(71.83, -61.10, 51.96)
CIE-LCHlch(71.83, 80.20, 139.62°)
OKLaboklab(73.69% -0.1656 0.1209)
OKLCHoklch(73.69% 0.205 143.9)
XYZxyz(24.3345, 43.4100, 13.3986)
Luminance0.4341 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42C949 #C942C2
analogous
#7FC942 #42C949 #42C98C
triadic
#42C949 #4942C9 #C94942
tetradic
#42C949 #427FC9 #C942C2 #C98C42
square
#42C949 #427FC9 #C942C2 #C98C42
split-complementary
#42C949 #8C42C9 #C9427F
monochromatic
#207024 #2EA034 #42C949 #72D777 #A1E4A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17
#42C949 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68
#42C949 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C949
9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42C949#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42C9491.002.179.689.68
#FFFFFF2.171.0021.0021.00
#0000009.6821.001.001.00
##0000009.6821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CDB73A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BDAC54
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#1CC4AE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42c949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 201, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.205 143.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87db81',
    500: '#42c949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42c949;
$custom-light: #87db81;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42c949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 123.111,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73691,
    "c": 0.20498,
    "h": 143.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42C949
secondary
#D196CE
accent
#49D7DF
background
#F9FDF8
surface
#F1FBEF
border
#CBD4CA
text
#0D150B
muted
#7E837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C949

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#42C949 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva