#42E042#42E042

#42E042 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.236 H 143.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E042
RGB	rgb(66, 224, 66)
HSL	hsl(120, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(120, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 70.5%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.96, -69.32, 62.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.96, 93.25, 138.02°)
OKLab	oklab(79.58% -0.1882 0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(79.58% 0.236 143)
XYZ	xyz(29.8840, 54.8596, 14.1672)
Luminance	0.5486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E042 #E042E0

analogous

#91E042 #42E042 #42E091

triadic

#42E042 #4242E0 #E04242

tetradic

#42E042 #4291E0 #E042E0 #E09142

square

#42E042 #4291E0 #E042E0 #E09142

split-complementary

#42E042 #9142E0 #E04291

monochromatic

#189018 #20C520 #42E042 #77E977 #ABF1AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#42E042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#42E042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E042

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E042	1.00	1.75	11.97	11.97
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CB28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#05DAC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 224, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.236 143.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ceb7f',
    500: '#42e042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e042;
$custom-light: #8ceb7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79581,
    "c": 0.23577,
    "h": 143
  },
  "luminance": 0.54863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E042

secondary

#953195

accent

#39EFEF

background

#FCFFFB

surface

#F5FEF2

border

#CFD6CC

text

#0E160B

muted

#7F857E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E042

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

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