#42C962#42C962

#42C962 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.185 H 147.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C962
RGB	rgb(66, 201, 98)
HSL	hsl(134, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(134, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 0%, 51.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.10, -57.96, 40.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.10, 70.87, 144.87°)
OKLab	oklab(74% -0.1563 0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(74% 0.185 147.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.3362, 43.8107, 18.6740)
Luminance	0.4381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C962 #C942A9

analogous

#66C942 #42C962 #42C9A5

triadic

#42C962 #6242C9 #C96242

tetradic

#42C962 #4266C9 #C942A9 #C9A542

square

#42C962 #4266C9 #C942A9 #C9A542

split-complementary

#42C962 #A542C9 #C94266

monochromatic

#207033 #2EA049 #42C962 #72D78A #A1E4B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#42C962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#42C962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C962

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C962	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB859

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAC6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#06C5B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 201, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.185 147.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86da91',
    500: '#42c962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c962;
$custom-light: #86da91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 134.222,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74001,
    "c": 0.1847,
    "h": 147.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C962

secondary

#D196C3

accent

#49BBDF

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FBF1

border

#CBD4CB

text

#0D150D

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C962

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

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