#42D949#42D949

#42D949 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.224 H 143.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D949
RGB	rgb(66, 217, 73)
HSL	hsl(123, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(123, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 66.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.84, -66.44, 57.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.84, 87.83, 139.15°)
OKLab	oklab(77.84% -0.1801 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(77.84% 0.224 143.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.2605, 51.2619, 14.7072)
Luminance	0.5127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D949 #D942D2

analogous

#87D942 #42D949 #42D994

triadic

#42D949 #4942D9 #D94942

tetradic

#42D949 #4287D9 #D942D2 #D99442

square

#42D949 #4287D9 #D942D2 #D99442

split-complementary

#42D949 #9442D9 #D94287

monochromatic

#1B8620 #25B92C #42D949 #75E37A #A8EDAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#42D949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#42D949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D949

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D949	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC536

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB956

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0BD3BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 217, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.224 143.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be682',
    500: '#42d949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d949;
$custom-light: #8be682;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 122.781,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77837,
    "c": 0.22355,
    "h": 143.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D949

secondary

#8C3388

accent

#3EE2E9

background

#FCFEFB

surface

#F4FDF2

border

#CED5CC

text

#0D160B

muted

#7F847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D949

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

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