#42CA50#42CA50

#42CA50 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.201 H 144.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CA50
RGB	rgb(66, 202, 80)
HSL	hsl(126, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(126, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 60.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.21, -60.66, 49.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.21, 78.19, 140.88°)
OKLab	oklab(74.03% -0.1641 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(74.03% 0.201 144.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.8137, 43.9759, 14.7684)
Luminance	0.4398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CA50 #CA42BC

analogous

#78CA42 #42CA50 #42CA94

triadic

#42CA50 #5042CA #CA5042

tetradic

#42CA50 #4278CA #CA42BC #CA9442

square

#42CA50 #4278CA #CA42BC #CA9442

split-complementary

#42CA50 #9442CA #CA4278

monochromatic

#207228 #2DA239 #42CA50 #72D77C #A2E5A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#42CA50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#42CA50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CA50

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CA50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CA50	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB843

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAD5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#17C5B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ca50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 202, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.201 144.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87db85',
    500: '#42ca50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ca50;
$custom-light: #87db85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ca50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 126.176,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74027,
    "c": 0.2009,
    "h": 144.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CA50

secondary

#D196CB

accent

#48D0DF

background

#F9FDF8

surface

#F1FBEF

border

#CBD4CA

text

#0D150B

muted

#7E837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CA50

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

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