#42CA4C#42CA4C

#42CA4C is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.204 H 144.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42CA4C
RGBrgb(66, 202, 76)
HSLhsl(124, 56%, 53%)
HSVhsv(124, 67%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(67.3%, 0%, 62.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LABlab(72.17, -61.12, 51.05)
CIE-LCHlch(72.17, 79.63, 140.13°)
OKLaboklab(73.98% -0.1655 0.1192)
OKLCHoklch(73.98% 0.204 144.2)
XYZxyz(24.6702, 43.9185, 14.0131)
Luminance0.4392 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42CA4C #CA42C0
analogous
#7CCA42 #42CA4C #42CA90
triadic
#42CA4C #4C42CA #CA4C42
tetradic
#42CA4C #427CCA #CA42C0 #CA9042
square
#42CA4C #427CCA #CA42C0 #CA9042
split-complementary
#42CA4C #9042CA #CA427C
monochromatic
#207226 #2DA236 #42CA4C #72D779 #A2E5A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15
#42CA4C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78
#42CA4C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CA4C
9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42CA4C#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42CA4C1.002.159.789.78
#FFFFFF2.151.0021.0021.00
#0000009.7821.001.001.00
##0000009.7821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CEB83D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BDAD57
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#1AC5AF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42ca4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 202, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.204 144.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88db83',
    500: '#42ca4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42ca4c;
$custom-light: #88db83;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42ca4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 124.412,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73983,
    "c": 0.20396,
    "h": 144.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42CA4C
secondary
#D196CD
accent
#48D4DF
background
#F9FDF8
surface
#F1FBEF
border
#CBD4CA
text
#0D150B
muted
#7E837C

Preview Lab

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#42CA4C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva