#42CA4B#42CA4B

#42CA4B is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.205 H 144.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42CA4B
RGBrgb(66, 202, 75)
HSLhsl(124, 56%, 53%)
HSVhsv(124, 67%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(67.3%, 0%, 62.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LABlab(72.16, -61.22, 51.47)
CIE-LCHlch(72.16, 79.98, 139.95°)
OKLaboklab(73.97% -0.1658 0.12)
OKLCHoklch(73.97% 0.205 144.1)
XYZxyz(24.6358, 43.9047, 13.8314)
Luminance0.4391 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42CA4B #CA42C1
analogous
#7DCA42 #42CA4B #42CA8F
triadic
#42CA4B #4B42CA #CA4B42
tetradic
#42CA4B #427DCA #CA42C1 #CA8F42
square
#42CA4B #427DCA #CA42C1 #CA8F42
split-complementary
#42CA4B #8F42CA #CA427D
monochromatic
#207225 #2DA235 #42CA4B #72D779 #A2E5A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15
#42CA4B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78
#42CA4B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CA4B
9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42CA4B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42CA4B1.002.159.789.78
#FFFFFF2.151.0021.0021.00
#0000009.7821.001.001.00
##0000009.7821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CEB83C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BEAD56
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#1AC5AF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42ca4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 202, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.205 144.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88db82',
    500: '#42ca4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42ca4b;
$custom-light: #88db82;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42ca4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 123.971,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73972,
    "c": 0.20471,
    "h": 144.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42CA4B
secondary
#D196CE
accent
#48D5DF
background
#F9FDF8
surface
#F1FBEF
border
#CBD4CA
text
#0D150B
muted
#7E837C

Preview Lab

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#42CA4B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva