#42CB4A#42CB4A

#42CB4A is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.207 H 144.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42CB4A
RGBrgb(66, 203, 74)
HSLhsl(124, 57%, 53%)
HSVhsv(124, 67%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(67.5%, 0%, 63.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LABlab(72.47, -61.67, 52.24)
CIE-LCHlch(72.47, 80.82, 139.73°)
OKLaboklab(74.22% -0.1671 0.1216)
OKLCHoklch(74.22% 0.207 144)
XYZxyz(24.8372, 44.3619, 13.7310)
Luminance0.4436 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42CB4A #CB42C3
analogous
#7ECB42 #42CB4A #42CB8F
triadic
#42CB4A #4A42CB #CB4A42
tetradic
#42CB4A #427ECB #CB42C3 #CB8F42
square
#42CB4A #427ECB #CB42C3 #CB8F42
split-complementary
#42CB4A #8F42CB #CB427E
monochromatic
#207324 #2DA334 #42CB4A #72D878 #A2E5A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13
#42CB4A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87
#42CB4A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CB4A
9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42CB4A#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42CB4A1.002.139.879.87
#FFFFFF2.131.0021.0021.00
#0000009.8721.001.001.00
##0000009.8721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CFB93B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BFAD55
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#1AC6B0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42cb4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 203, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.207 144.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dc82',
    500: '#42cb4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42cb4a;
$custom-light: #88dc82;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42cb4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 123.504,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74222,
    "c": 0.20663,
    "h": 144
  },
  "luminance": 0.44365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42CB4A
secondary
#D297CF
accent
#48D7E0
background
#F9FDF8
surface
#F1FBEF
border
#CBD4CA
text
#0D150B
muted
#7E837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CB4A

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#42CB4A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva