#42CC50#42CC50

#42CC50 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.203 H 144.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CC50
RGB	rgb(66, 204, 80)
HSL	hsl(126, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(126, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 60.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.84, -61.35, 50.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.84, 79.18, 140.79°)
OKLab	oklab(74.55% -0.166 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(74.55% 0.203 144.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.2860, 44.9205, 14.9258)
Luminance	0.4492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CC50 #CC42BE

analogous

#79CC42 #42CC50 #42CC95

triadic

#42CC50 #5042CC #CC5042

tetradic

#42CC50 #4279CC #CC42BE #CC9542

square

#42CC50 #4279CC #CC42BE #CC9542

split-complementary

#42CC50 #9542CC #CC4279

monochromatic

#1F7428 #2CA439 #42CC50 #72D97D #A2E6A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#42CC50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#42CC50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CC50

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CC50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CC50	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BA42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#15C7B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cc50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 204, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.203 144.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dd85',
    500: '#42cc50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cc50;
$custom-light: #88dd85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cc50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 126.087,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74546,
    "c": 0.20331,
    "h": 144.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CC50

secondary

#D397CD

accent

#47D1E1

background

#F9FDF8

surface

#F1FBF0

border

#CBD4CB

text

#0D150B

muted

#7E837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CC50

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

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