#42E045#42E045

#42E045 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.234 H 143.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E045
RGB	rgb(66, 224, 69)
HSL	hsl(121, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(121, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 69.2%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.98, -69.06, 61.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.98, 92.34, 138.41°)
OKLab	oklab(79.61% -0.1874 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(79.61% 0.234 143.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.9748, 54.8959, 14.6453)
Luminance	0.5490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E045 #E042DD

analogous

#8EE042 #42E045 #42E094

triadic

#42E045 #4542E0 #E04542

tetradic

#42E045 #428EE0 #E042DD #E09442

square

#42E045 #428EE0 #E042DD #E09442

split-complementary

#42E045 #9442E0 #E0428E

monochromatic

#18901A #20C523 #42E045 #77E979 #ABF1AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#42E045 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#42E045 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E045

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E045	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E045	1.00	1.75	11.98	11.98
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CB2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#02DAC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e045;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 224, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.234 143.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ceb81',
    500: '#42e045',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e045;
$custom-light: #8ceb81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e045",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 121.139,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79605,
    "c": 0.23395,
    "h": 143.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E045

secondary

#953193

accent

#39EBEF

background

#FCFFFB

surface

#F5FEF2

border

#CFD6CC

text

#0E160B

muted

#7F857E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E045

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

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