#42CB42#42CB42

#42CB42 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.212 H 143.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CB42
RGB	rgb(66, 203, 66)
HSL	hsl(120, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(120, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 0%, 67.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.40, -62.47, 55.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.40, 83.55, 138.40°)
OKLab	oklab(74.14% -0.1696 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(74.14% 0.212 143.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.5846, 44.2609, 12.4008)
Luminance	0.4426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CB42 #CB42CB

analogous

#86CB42 #42CB42 #42CB86

triadic

#42CB42 #4242CB #CB4242

tetradic

#42CB42 #4286CB #CB42CB #CB8642

square

#42CB42 #4286CB #CB42CB #CB8642

split-complementary

#42CB42 #8642CB #CB4286

monochromatic

#207320 #2DA32D #42CB42 #72D872 #A2E5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#42CB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#42CB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CB42

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CB42	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB82F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1EC5AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cb42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 203, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.212 143.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dc7d',
    500: '#42cb42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cb42;
$custom-light: #88dc7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cb42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74144,
    "c": 0.21223,
    "h": 143.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CB42

secondary

#D297D2

accent

#48E0E0

background

#F9FDF7

surface

#F1FBEE

border

#CBD4C9

text

#0D150A

muted

#7E837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CB42

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

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