#42C950#42C950

#42C950 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.200 H 144.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C950
RGB	rgb(66, 201, 80)
HSL	hsl(126, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(126, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 0%, 60.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.90, -60.32, 48.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.90, 77.69, 140.93°)
OKLab	oklab(73.77% -0.1632 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(73.77% 0.2 144.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.5798, 43.5081, 14.6904)
Luminance	0.4351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C950 #C942BB

analogous

#78C942 #42C950 #42C993

triadic

#42C950 #5042C9 #C95042

tetradic

#42C950 #4278C9 #C942BB #C99342

square

#42C950 #4278C9 #C942BB #C99342

split-complementary

#42C950 #9342C9 #C94278

monochromatic

#207028 #2EA03A #42C950 #72D77C #A1E4A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#42C950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#42C950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C950

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C950	1.00	2.16	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.16	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)

#CCB743

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAC5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#18C4AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 201, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.200 144.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87db85',
    500: '#42c950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c950;
$custom-light: #87db85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 126.222,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73767,
    "c": 0.19969,
    "h": 144.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C950

secondary

#D196CB

accent

#49CFDF

background

#F9FDF8

surface

#F1FBEF

border

#CBD4CA

text

#0D150B

muted

#7E837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C950

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

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