#42E146#42E146

#42E146 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.234 H 143.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E146
RGB	rgb(66, 225, 70)
HSL	hsl(122, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(122, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 68.9%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.30, -69.30, 61.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.30, 92.48, 138.53°)
OKLab	oklab(79.87% -0.1879 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(79.87% 0.234 143.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.2756, 55.4475, 14.9000)
Luminance	0.5545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E146 #E142DD

analogous

#8EE142 #42E146 #42E195

triadic

#42E146 #4642E1 #E14642

tetradic

#42E146 #428EE1 #E142DD #E19542

square

#42E146 #428EE1 #E142DD #E19542

split-complementary

#42E146 #9542E1 #E1428E

monochromatic

#17921A #1FC624 #42E146 #77E97A #ACF2AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#42E146 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.09

#42E146 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E146

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E146	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E146	1.00	1.74	12.09	12.09
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CC2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C055

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e146;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 225, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.234 143.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cec81',
    500: '#42e146',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e146;
$custom-light: #8cec81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e146",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 121.509,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79871,
    "c": 0.23443,
    "h": 143.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E146

secondary

#963194

accent

#38EBEF

background

#FCFFFB

surface

#F5FEF2

border

#CFD6CC

text

#0E160B

muted

#7F857E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E146

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

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