#42CA4A#42CA4A

#42CA4A is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.205 H 144.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42CA4A
RGBrgb(66, 202, 74)
HSLhsl(124, 56%, 53%)
HSVhsv(124, 67%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(67.3%, 0%, 63.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LABlab(72.16, -61.33, 51.89)
CIE-LCHlch(72.16, 80.34, 139.77°)
OKLaboklab(73.96% -0.1662 0.1208)
OKLCHoklch(73.96% 0.205 144)
XYZxyz(24.6018, 43.8911, 13.6525)
Luminance0.4389 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42CA4A #CA42C2
analogous
#7ECA42 #42CA4A #42CA8E
triadic
#42CA4A #4A42CA #CA4A42
tetradic
#42CA4A #427ECA #CA42C2 #CA8E42
square
#42CA4A #427ECA #CA42C2 #CA8E42
split-complementary
#42CA4A #8E42CA #CA427E
monochromatic
#207225 #2DA234 #42CA4A #72D778 #A2E5A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15
#42CA4A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78
#42CA4A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CA4A
9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42CA4A#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42CA4A1.002.159.789.78
#FFFFFF2.151.0021.0021.00
#0000009.7821.001.001.00
##0000009.7821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CEB83B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BEAD55
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#1BC5AF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42ca4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 202, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.205 144.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88db81',
    500: '#42ca4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42ca4a;
$custom-light: #88db81;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42ca4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 123.529,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73962,
    "c": 0.20544,
    "h": 144
  },
  "luminance": 0.43894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42CA4A
secondary
#D196CE
accent
#48D7DF
background
#F9FDF8
surface
#F1FBEF
border
#CBD4CA
text
#0D150B
muted
#7E837C

Preview Lab

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#42CA4A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva