#42CE48#42CE48

#42CE48 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.212 H 143.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42CE48
RGBrgb(66, 206, 72)
HSLhsl(123, 59%, 53%)
HSVhsv(123, 68%, 81%)
CMYKcmyk(68%, 0%, 65%, 19.2%)
CIE-LABlab(73.39, -62.89, 54.10)
CIE-LCHlch(73.39, 82.96, 139.30°)
OKLaboklab(74.98% -0.1705 0.1253)
OKLCHoklch(74.98% 0.212 143.7)
XYZxyz(25.4862, 45.7660, 13.6202)
Luminance0.4577 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42CE48 #CE42C8
analogous
#82CE42 #42CE48 #42CE8E
triadic
#42CE48 #4842CE #CE4842
tetradic
#42CE48 #4282CE #CE42C8 #CE8E42
square
#42CE48 #4282CE #CE42C8 #CE8E42
split-complementary
#42CE48 #8E42CE #CE4282
monochromatic
#1F7723 #2BA731 #42CE48 #73DB77 #A3E7A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07
#42CE48 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15
#42CE48 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CE48
10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42CE48#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42CE481.002.0710.1510.15
#FFFFFF2.071.0021.0021.00
#00000010.1521.001.001.00
##00000010.1521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D2BB37
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C2B054
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#19C8B2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42ce48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 206, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.212 143.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89de81',
    500: '#42ce48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42ce48;
$custom-light: #89de81;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42ce48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 122.571,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74981,
    "c": 0.21158,
    "h": 143.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42CE48
secondary
#D498D1
accent
#46DBE2
background
#F9FDF8
surface
#F1FBEF
border
#CBD4CA
text
#0D150B
muted
#7E837C

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#42CE48 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva