#42CA52#42CA52

#42CA52 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.199 H 145.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CA52
RGB	rgb(66, 202, 82)
HSL	hsl(127, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(127, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 59.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.23, -60.43, 48.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.23, 77.46, 141.27°)
OKLab	oklab(74.05% -0.1634 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(74.05% 0.199 145.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.8887, 44.0059, 15.1633)
Luminance	0.4401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CA52 #CA42BA

analogous

#76CA42 #42CA52 #42CA96

triadic

#42CA52 #5242CA #CA5242

tetradic

#42CA52 #4276CA #CA42BA #CA9642

square

#42CA52 #4276CA #CA42BA #CA9642

split-complementary

#42CA52 #9642CA #CA4276

monochromatic

#20722A #2DA23B #42CA52 #72D77E #A2E5AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#42CA52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#42CA52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CA52

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CA52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CA52	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)

#CDB845

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAD5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#16C5B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ca52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 202, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.199 145.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87db86',
    500: '#42ca52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ca52;
$custom-light: #87db86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ca52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 127.059,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7405,
    "c": 0.19934,
    "h": 145.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CA52

secondary

#D196CA

accent

#48CEDF

background

#F9FDF8

surface

#F1FBF0

border

#CBD4CB

text

#0D150B

muted

#7E837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CA52

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

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