#42CA4F#42CA4F

#42CA4F is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.202 H 144.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CA4F
RGB	rgb(66, 202, 79)
HSL	hsl(126, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(126, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 60.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.20, -60.78, 49.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.20, 78.55, 140.69°)
OKLab	oklab(74.02% -0.1645 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(74.02% 0.202 144.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.7770, 43.9612, 14.5752)
Luminance	0.4396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CA4F #CA42BD

analogous

#79CA42 #42CA4F #42CA93

triadic

#42CA4F #4F42CA #CA4F42

tetradic

#42CA4F #4279CA #CA42BD #CA9342

square

#42CA4F #4279CA #CA42BD #CA9342

split-complementary

#42CA4F #9342CA #CA4279

monochromatic

#207228 #2DA238 #42CA4F #72D77C #A2E5A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#42CA4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#42CA4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CA4F

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CA4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CA4F	1.00	2.14	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB841

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAD59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#18C5B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ca4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 202, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.202 144.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87db84',
    500: '#42ca4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ca4f;
$custom-light: #87db84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ca4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 125.735,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74015,
    "c": 0.20167,
    "h": 144.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CA4F

secondary

#D196CC

accent

#48D1DF

background

#F9FDF8

surface

#F1FBEF

border

#CBD4CA

text

#0D150B

muted

#7E837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CA4F

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

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