#42E048#42E048

#42E048 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.232 H 143.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42E048
RGBrgb(66, 224, 72)
HSLhsl(122, 72%, 57%)
HSVhsv(122, 71%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(70.5%, 0%, 67.9%, 12.2%)
CIE-LABlab(79.00, -68.80, 60.17)
CIE-LCHlch(79.00, 91.40, 138.83°)
OKLaboklab(79.63% -0.1865 0.1381)
OKLCHoklch(79.63% 0.232 143.5)
XYZxyz(30.0702, 54.9341, 15.1482)
Luminance0.5494 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42E048 #E042DA
analogous
#8BE042 #42E048 #42E097
triadic
#42E048 #4842E0 #E04842
tetradic
#42E048 #428BE0 #E042DA #E09742
square
#42E048 #428BE0 #E042DA #E09742
split-complementary
#42E048 #9742E0 #E0428B
monochromatic
#18901C #20C526 #42E048 #77E97B #ABF1AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75
#42E048 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.99
#42E048 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E048
11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42E048#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42E0481.001.7511.9911.99
#FFFFFF1.751.0021.0021.00
#00000011.9921.001.001.00
##00000011.9921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#E4CB32
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D2BF56
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00DAC1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42e048;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 224, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.232 143.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ceb82',
    500: '#42e048',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42e048;
$custom-light: #8ceb82;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42e048",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 122.278,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79631,
    "c": 0.23206,
    "h": 143.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42E048
secondary
#953191
accent
#39E8EF
background
#FCFFFB
surface
#F5FEF2
border
#CFD6CC
text
#0E160B
muted
#7F857E

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#42E048 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva