#42CC48#42CC48

#42CC48 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.209 H 143.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CC48
RGB	rgb(66, 204, 72)
HSL	hsl(123, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(123, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 64.7%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.77, -62.22, 53.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.77, 82.00, 139.36°)
OKLab	oklab(74.46% -0.1687 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(74.46% 0.209 143.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.0078, 44.8092, 13.4608)
Luminance	0.4481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CC48 #CC42C6

analogous

#81CC42 #42CC48 #42CC8D

triadic

#42CC48 #4842CC #CC4842

tetradic

#42CC48 #4281CC #CC42C6 #CC8D42

square

#42CC48 #4281CC #CC42C6 #CC8D42

split-complementary

#42CC48 #8D42CC #CC4281

monochromatic

#1F7423 #2CA432 #42CC48 #72D977 #A2E6A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#42CC48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#42CC48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CC48

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CC48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CC48	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B938

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1AC6B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cc48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 204, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.209 143.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dd80',
    500: '#42cc48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cc48;
$custom-light: #88dd80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cc48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 122.609,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74461,
    "c": 0.20924,
    "h": 143.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CC48

secondary

#D397D0

accent

#47DAE1

background

#F9FDF8

surface

#F1FBEF

border

#CBD4CA

text

#0D150B

muted

#7E837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CC48

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

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