#42D738#42D738

#42D738 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.232 H 142.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D738
RGB	rgb(66, 215, 56)
HSL	hsl(116, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(116, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 0%, 74%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.09, -67.23, 62.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.09, 92.13, 136.86°)
OKLab	oklab(77.18% -0.183 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(77.18% 0.232 142.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.2595, 50.0417, 11.9630)
Luminance	0.5004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D738 #CD38D7

analogous

#92D738 #42D738 #38D77D

triadic

#42D738 #3842D7 #D73842

tetradic

#42D738 #3892D7 #CD38D7 #D77D38

square

#42D738 #3892D7 #CD38D7 #D77D38

split-complementary

#42D738 #7D38D7 #D73892

monochromatic

#1F7C19 #2CAF23 #42D738 #72E16B #A3EB9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#42D738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#42D738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D738

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D738	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC317

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB749

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#18D0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 215, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.232 142.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be579',
    500: '#42d738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d738;
$custom-light: #8be579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 116.226,
    "s": 66.527,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77183,
    "c": 0.23167,
    "h": 142.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D738

secondary

#7E3083

accent

#3EE9DF

background

#FCFEFB

surface

#F5FCF2

border

#CFD5CC

text

#0E160A

muted

#7F847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D738

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

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