#42CD48#42CD48

#42CD48 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.210 H 143.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42CD48
RGBrgb(66, 205, 72)
HSLhsl(123, 58%, 53%)
HSVhsv(123, 68%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(67.8%, 0%, 64.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LABlab(73.08, -62.56, 53.76)
CIE-LCHlch(73.08, 82.48, 139.33°)
OKLaboklab(74.72% -0.1696 0.1246)
OKLCHoklch(74.72% 0.21 143.7)
XYZxyz(25.2462, 45.2861, 13.5402)
Luminance0.4529 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42CD48 #CD42C7
analogous
#81CD42 #42CD48 #42CD8D
triadic
#42CD48 #4842CD #CD4842
tetradic
#42CD48 #4281CD #CD42C7 #CD8D42
square
#42CD48 #4281CD #CD42C7 #CD8D42
split-complementary
#42CD48 #8D42CD #CD4281
monochromatic
#1F7623 #2CA631 #42CD48 #72DA77 #A3E7A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09
#42CD48 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06
#42CD48 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CD48
10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42CD48#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42CD481.002.0910.0610.06
#FFFFFF2.091.0021.0021.00
#00000010.0621.001.001.00
##00000010.0621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D1BA37
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C1AF54
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#19C7B1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42cd48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 205, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.210 143.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dd81',
    500: '#42cd48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42cd48;
$custom-light: #88dd81;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42cd48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 122.59,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74721,
    "c": 0.21042,
    "h": 143.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42CD48
secondary
#D397D1
accent
#46DBE1
background
#F9FDF8
surface
#F1FBEF
border
#CBD4CA
text
#0D150B
muted
#7E837C

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#42CD48 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva