#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
RGB	rgb(66, 201, 73)
HSL	hsl(123, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(123, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 0%, 63.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.83, -61.10, 51.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.83, 80.20, 139.62°)
OKLab	oklab(73.69% -0.1656 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(73.69% 0.205 143.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.3345, 43.4100, 13.3986)
Luminance	0.4341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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
##42C949	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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