#42E049#42E049

#42E049 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.231 H 143.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E049
RGB	rgb(66, 224, 73)
HSL	hsl(123, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(123, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 67.4%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.01, -68.71, 59.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.01, 91.08, 138.97°)
OKLab	oklab(79.64% -0.1862 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(79.64% 0.231 143.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.1031, 54.9473, 15.3214)
Luminance	0.5495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E049 #E042D9

analogous

#8AE042 #42E049 #42E098

triadic

#42E049 #4942E0 #E04942

tetradic

#42E049 #428AE0 #E042D9 #E09842

square

#42E049 #428AE0 #E042D9 #E09842

split-complementary

#42E049 #9842E0 #E0428A

monochromatic

#18901D #20C528 #42E049 #77E97C #ABF1AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#42E049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.99

#42E049 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E049

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E049	1.00	1.75	11.99	11.99
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CB34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 224, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.231 143.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ceb83',
    500: '#42e049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e049;
$custom-light: #8ceb83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 122.658,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79639,
    "c": 0.23142,
    "h": 143.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E049

secondary

#953191

accent

#39E7EF

background

#FCFFFB

surface

#F5FEF2

border

#CFD6CC

text

#0E160B

muted

#7F857E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E049

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

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