#42CA45#42CA45

#42CA45 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.209 H 143.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CA45
RGB	rgb(66, 202, 69)
HSL	hsl(121, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(121, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 65.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.11, -61.85, 53.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.11, 82.06, 138.90°)
OKLab	oklab(73.91% -0.1678 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(73.91% 0.209 143.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.4400, 43.8264, 12.8004)
Luminance	0.4383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CA45 #CA42C7

analogous

#83CA42 #42CA45 #42CA89

triadic

#42CA45 #4542CA #CA4542

tetradic

#42CA45 #4283CA #CA42C7 #CA8942

square

#42CA45 #4283CA #CA42C7 #CA8942

split-complementary

#42CA45 #8942CA #CA4283

monochromatic

#207222 #2DA230 #42CA45 #72D774 #A2E5A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#42CA45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#42CA45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CA45

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CA45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CA45	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB834

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1DC4AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ca45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 202, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.209 143.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88db7e',
    500: '#42ca45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ca45;
$custom-light: #88db7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ca45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 121.324,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73912,
    "c": 0.20902,
    "h": 143.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CA45

secondary

#D196D0

accent

#48DCDF

background

#F9FDF8

surface

#F1FBEF

border

#CBD4CA

text

#0D150A

muted

#7E837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CA45

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

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