#42CE50#42CE50

#42CE50 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.206 H 144.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CE50
RGB	rgb(66, 206, 80)
HSL	hsl(126, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(126, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 61.2%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.47, -62.04, 50.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.47, 80.16, 140.71°)
OKLab	oklab(75.06% -0.1678 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(75.06% 0.206 144.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.7644, 45.8773, 15.0853)
Luminance	0.4588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CE50 #CE42C0

analogous

#7ACE42 #42CE50 #42CE96

triadic

#42CE50 #5042CE #CE5042

tetradic

#42CE50 #427ACE #CE42C0 #CE9642

square

#42CE50 #427ACE #CE42C0 #CE9642

split-complementary

#42CE50 #9642CE #CE427A

monochromatic

#1F7728 #2BA738 #42CE50 #73DB7D #A3E7AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#42CE50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#42CE50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CE50

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CE50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CE50	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BB42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B05B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#13C9B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ce50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 206, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.206 144.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88de85',
    500: '#42ce50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ce50;
$custom-light: #88de85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ce50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 126,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75064,
    "c": 0.20571,
    "h": 144.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CE50

secondary

#D498CE

accent

#46D2E2

background

#F9FDF8

surface

#F1FBF0

border

#CBD4CB

text

#0D150B

muted

#7E837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CE50

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

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