#42E22C#42E22C

#42E22C is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.249 H 141.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E22C
RGB	rgb(66, 226, 44)
HSL	hsl(113, 76%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(113, 81%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 80.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.46, -71.42, 69.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.46, 99.92, 135.63°)
OKLab	oklab(79.96% -0.1949 0.1548)
OKLCH	oklch(79.96% 0.249 141.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.8961, 55.7295, 11.5637)
Luminance	0.5573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E22C #CC2CE2

analogous

#9DE22C #42E22C #2CE271

triadic

#42E22C #2C42E2 #E22C42

tetradic

#42E22C #2C9DE2 #CC2CE2 #E2712C

square

#42E22C #2C9DE2 #CC2CE2 #E2712C

split-complementary

#42E22C #712CE2 #E22C9D

monochromatic

#1F8212 #2CB819 #42E22C #72E962 #A2F198

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#42E22C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#42E22C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E22C

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E22C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E22C	1.00	1.73	12.15	12.15
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CC00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C043

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#11DBC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e22c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 226, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.249 141.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eec75',
    500: '#42e22c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e22c;
$custom-light: #8eec75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e22c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 112.747,
    "s": 75.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79957,
    "c": 0.24889,
    "h": 141.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E22C

secondary

#7D2A88

accent

#35F2DC

background

#FCFFFB

surface

#F5FEF1

border

#CFD6CB

text

#0E1609

muted

#7F857D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E22C

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

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