#42CC49#42CC49

#42CC49 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.209 H 143.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CC49
RGB	rgb(66, 204, 73)
HSL	hsl(123, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(123, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 64.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.77, -62.12, 53.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.77, 81.66, 139.53°)
OKLab	oklab(74.47% -0.1683 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(74.47% 0.209 143.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.0407, 44.8224, 13.6340)
Luminance	0.4482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CC49 #CC42C5

analogous

#80CC42 #42CC49 #42CC8E

triadic

#42CC49 #4942CC #CC4942

tetradic

#42CC49 #4280CC #CC42C5 #CC8E42

square

#42CC49 #4280CC #CC42C5 #CC8E42

split-complementary

#42CC49 #8E42CC #CC4280

monochromatic

#1F7424 #2CA432 #42CC49 #72D977 #A2E6A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#42CC49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#42CC49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CC49

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CC49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CC49	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)

#D0B939

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1AC6B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cc49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 204, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.209 143.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dd81',
    500: '#42cc49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cc49;
$custom-light: #88dd81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cc49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 123.043,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74471,
    "c": 0.20854,
    "h": 143.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CC49

secondary

#D397D0

accent

#47D9E1

background

#F9FDF8

surface

#F1FBEF

border

#CBD4CA

text

#0D150B

muted

#7E837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CC49

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

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