#42E235#42E235

#42E235 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.245 H 142.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E235
RGB	rgb(66, 226, 53)
HSL	hsl(115, 75%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(115, 77%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 76.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.50, -70.90, 67.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.50, 97.77, 136.48°)
OKLab	oklab(80.01% -0.1931 0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(80.01% 0.245 142)
XYZ	xyz(30.0840, 55.8047, 12.5534)
Luminance	0.5581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E235 #D535E2

analogous

#99E235 #42E235 #35E27E

triadic

#42E235 #3542E2 #E23542

tetradic

#42E235 #3599E2 #D535E2 #E27E35

square

#42E235 #3599E2 #D535E2 #E27E35

split-complementary

#42E235 #7E35E2 #E23599

monochromatic

#1C8914 #28BE1B #42E235 #74EA6B #A6F1A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#42E235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#42E235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E235

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E235	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)

#E7CD02

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C049

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0CDBC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 226, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.245 142.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dec79',
    500: '#42e235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e235;
$custom-light: #8dec79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 115.491,
    "s": 74.892,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80006,
    "c": 0.24491,
    "h": 142
  },
  "luminance": 0.55808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E235

secondary

#872D8F

accent

#36F2E3

background

#FCFFFB

surface

#F5FEF2

border

#CFD6CC

text

#0E160A

muted

#7F857D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E235

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

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