#42CE49#42CE49

#42CE49 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.211 H 143.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CE49
RGB	rgb(66, 206, 73)
HSL	hsl(123, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(123, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 64.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.40, -62.79, 53.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.40, 82.62, 139.47°)
OKLab	oklab(74.99% -0.1702 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(74.99% 0.211 143.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.5191, 45.7792, 13.7934)
Luminance	0.4578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CE49 #CE42C7

analogous

#81CE42 #42CE49 #42CE8F

triadic

#42CE49 #4942CE #CE4942

tetradic

#42CE49 #4281CE #CE42C7 #CE8F42

square

#42CE49 #4281CE #CE42C7 #CE8F42

split-complementary

#42CE49 #8F42CE #CE4281

monochromatic

#1F7723 #2BA732 #42CE49 #73DB78 #A3E7A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#42CE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#42CE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CE49

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CE49	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BB38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B055

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#18C8B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ce49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 206, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.211 143.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88de81',
    500: '#42ce49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ce49;
$custom-light: #88de81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ce49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 123,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74991,
    "c": 0.21087,
    "h": 143.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CE49

secondary

#D498D1

accent

#46DAE2

background

#F9FDF8

surface

#F1FBEF

border

#CBD4CA

text

#0D150B

muted

#7E837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CE49

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

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