#42C94E#42C94E

#42C94E is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.201 H 144.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C94E
RGB	rgb(66, 201, 78)
HSL	hsl(125, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(125, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 0%, 61.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.88, -60.55, 49.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.88, 78.42, 140.54°)
OKLab	oklab(73.74% -0.1639 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(73.74% 0.201 144.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.5070, 43.4790, 14.3070)
Luminance	0.4348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C94E #C942BD

analogous

#7AC942 #42C94E #42C991

triadic

#42C94E #4E42C9 #C94E42

tetradic

#42C94E #427AC9 #C942BD #C99142

square

#42C94E #427AC9 #C942BD #C99142

split-complementary

#42C94E #9142C9 #C9427A

monochromatic

#207027 #2EA038 #42C94E #72D77B #A1E4A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#42C94E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#42C94E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C94E

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C94E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C94E	1.00	2.17	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB740

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAC58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#19C4AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c94e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 201, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.201 144.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87db84',
    500: '#42c94e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c94e;
$custom-light: #87db84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c94e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 125.333,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73744,
    "c": 0.20124,
    "h": 144.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C94E

secondary

#D196CC

accent

#49D2DF

background

#F9FDF8

surface

#F1FBEF

border

#CBD4CA

text

#0D150B

muted

#7E837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C94E

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

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