#42CA49#42CA49

#42CA49 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.206 H 143.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CA49
RGB	rgb(66, 202, 73)
HSL	hsl(123, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(123, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 63.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.15, -61.44, 52.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.15, 80.69, 139.59°)
OKLab	oklab(73.95% -0.1665 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(73.95% 0.206 143.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.5684, 43.8778, 13.4765)
Luminance	0.4388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CA49 #CA42C3

analogous

#7FCA42 #42CA49 #42CA8D

triadic

#42CA49 #4942CA #CA4942

tetradic

#42CA49 #427FCA #CA42C3 #CA8D42

square

#42CA49 #427FCA #CA42C3 #CA8D42

split-complementary

#42CA49 #8D42CA #CA427F

monochromatic

#207224 #2DA233 #42CA49 #72D777 #A2E5A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#42CA49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#42CA49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CA49

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CA49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CA49	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB839

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1BC5AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ca49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 202, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.206 143.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88db81',
    500: '#42ca49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ca49;
$custom-light: #88db81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ca49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 123.088,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73951,
    "c": 0.20618,
    "h": 143.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CA49

secondary

#D196CE

accent

#48D8DF

background

#F9FDF8

surface

#F1FBEF

border

#CBD4CA

text

#0D150B

muted

#7E837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CA49

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

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