#42CA36#42CA36

#42CA36 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.218 H 142.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CA36
RGB	rgb(66, 202, 54)
HSL	hsl(115, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(115, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 73.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.00, -63.15, 59.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.00, 86.82, 136.67°)
OKLab	oklab(73.79% -0.1721 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(73.79% 0.219 142)
XYZ	xyz(24.0318, 43.6631, 10.6507)
Luminance	0.4367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CA36 #BE36CA

analogous

#8CCA36 #42CA36 #36CA74

triadic

#42CA36 #3642CA #CA3642

tetradic

#42CA36 #368CCA #BE36CA #CA7436

square

#42CA36 #368CCA #BE36CA #CA7436

split-complementary

#42CA36 #7436CA #CA368C

monochromatic

#226A1C #329A29 #42CA36 #70D766 #9DE497

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#42CA36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#42CA36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CA36

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CA36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CA36	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB71A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23C4AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ca36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 202, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.218 142.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89db76',
    500: '#42ca36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ca36;
$custom-light: #89db76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ca36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 115.135,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73786,
    "c": 0.2185,
    "h": 142
  },
  "luminance": 0.43666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CA36

secondary

#CA8DCF

accent

#46E1D5

background

#F9FDF7

surface

#F1FBEE

border

#CBD4C9

text

#0D1509

muted

#7E837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CA36

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

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