#42E149#42E149

#42E149 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.233 H 143.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E149
RGB	rgb(66, 225, 73)
HSL	hsl(123, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(123, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 67.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.32, -69.03, 60.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.32, 91.54, 138.95°)
OKLab	oklab(79.9% -0.1871 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(79.9% 0.233 143.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.3727, 55.4863, 15.4113)
Luminance	0.5549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E149 #E142DA

analogous

#8AE142 #42E149 #42E199

triadic

#42E149 #4942E1 #E14942

tetradic

#42E149 #428AE1 #E142DA #E19942

square

#42E149 #428AE1 #E142DA #E19942

split-complementary

#42E149 #9942E1 #E1428A

monochromatic

#17921C #1FC627 #42E149 #77E97C #ACF2AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#42E149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.10

#42E149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E149

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E149	1.00	1.74	12.10	12.10
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CC33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C057

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 225, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.233 143.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cec83',
    500: '#42e149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e149;
$custom-light: #8cec83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 122.642,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79896,
    "c": 0.23253,
    "h": 143.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E149

secondary

#963192

accent

#38E7EF

background

#FCFFFB

surface

#F5FEF2

border

#CFD6CC

text

#0E160B

muted

#7F857E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E149

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

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