#42D242#42D242

#42D242 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.220 H 143.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D242
RGB	rgb(66, 210, 66)
HSL	hsl(120, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(120, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 0%, 68.6%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.60, -64.80, 57.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.60, 86.84, 138.26°)
OKLab	oklab(75.96% -0.1759 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(75.96% 0.22 143)
XYZ	xyz(26.2752, 47.6420, 12.9643)
Luminance	0.4764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D242 #D242D2

analogous

#8AD242 #42D242 #42D28A

triadic

#42D242 #4242D2 #D24242

tetradic

#42D242 #428AD2 #D242D2 #D28A42

square

#42D242 #428AD2 #D242D2 #D28A42

split-complementary

#42D242 #8A42D2 #D2428A

monochromatic

#1E7C1E #29AD29 #42D242 #73DE73 #A5EAA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#42D242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#42D242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D242

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D242	1.00	1.99	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B350

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#18CCB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 210, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.220 143.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae17e',
    500: '#42d242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d242;
$custom-light: #8ae17e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75964,
    "c": 0.22022,
    "h": 143
  },
  "luminance": 0.47645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D242

secondary

#D799D7

accent

#43E5E5

background

#F9FDF7

surface

#F1FBEE

border

#CBD4C9

text

#0D150A

muted

#7E837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D242

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

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