#42CA53#42CA53

#42CA53 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.199 H 145.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CA53
RGB	rgb(66, 202, 83)
HSL	hsl(128, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(128, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 58.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.24, -60.31, 48.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.24, 77.09, 141.47°)
OKLab	oklab(74.06% -0.163 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(74.06% 0.199 145.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.9270, 44.0212, 15.3652)
Luminance	0.4402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CA53 #CA42B9

analogous

#75CA42 #42CA53 #42CA97

triadic

#42CA53 #5342CA #CA5342

tetradic

#42CA53 #4275CA #CA42B9 #CA9742

square

#42CA53 #4275CA #CA42B9 #CA9742

split-complementary

#42CA53 #9742CA #CA4275

monochromatic

#20722A #2DA23C #42CA53 #72D77E #A2E5AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#42CA53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#42CA53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CA53

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CA53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CA53	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)

#CDB847

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAD5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#15C5B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ca53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 202, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.199 145.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87db87',
    500: '#42ca53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ca53;
$custom-light: #87db87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ca53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 127.5,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74062,
    "c": 0.19854,
    "h": 145.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CA53

secondary

#D196CA

accent

#48CDDF

background

#F9FDF8

surface

#F1FBF0

border

#CBD4CB

text

#0D150B

muted

#7E837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CA53

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

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