#42E233#42E233

#42E233 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.246 H 141.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E233
RGB	rgb(66, 226, 51)
HSL	hsl(115, 75%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(115, 77%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 77.4%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.49, -71.03, 67.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.49, 98.27, 136.28°)
OKLab	oklab(79.99% -0.1935 0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(79.99% 0.246 141.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.0389, 55.7867, 12.3161)
Luminance	0.5579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E233 #D333E2

analogous

#9AE233 #42E233 #33E27C

triadic

#42E233 #3342E2 #E23342

tetradic

#42E233 #339AE2 #D333E2 #E27C33

square

#42E233 #339AE2 #D333E2 #E27C33

split-complementary

#42E233 #7C33E2 #E2339A

monochromatic

#1D8713 #29BD1B #42E233 #74EA69 #A5F19E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#42E233 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#42E233 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E233

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E233	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E233	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CD00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C048

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0DDBC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e233;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 226, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.246 141.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dec78',
    500: '#42e233',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e233;
$custom-light: #8dec78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e233",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 114.857,
    "s": 75.107,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79994,
    "c": 0.24586,
    "h": 141.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E233

secondary

#852C8D

accent

#36F2E2

background

#FCFFFB

surface

#F5FEF2

border

#CFD6CC

text

#0E160A

muted

#7F857D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E233

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

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