#42E242#42E242

#42E242 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.238 H 142.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E242
RGB	rgb(66, 226, 66)
HSL	hsl(120, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(120, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 70.8%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.58, -69.95, 63.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.58, 94.15, 137.98°)
OKLab	oklab(80.1% -0.1899 0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(80.1% 0.238 142.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.4246, 55.9409, 14.3475)
Luminance	0.5594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E242 #E242E2

analogous

#92E242 #42E242 #42E292

triadic

#42E242 #4242E2 #E24242

tetradic

#42E242 #4292E2 #E242E2 #E29242

square

#42E242 #4292E2 #E242E2 #E29242

split-complementary

#42E242 #9242E2 #E24292

monochromatic

#179317 #1FC81F #42E242 #77EA77 #ACF2AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#42E242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#42E242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E242

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E242	1.00	1.72	12.19	12.19
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CD27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C052

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#01DBC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 226, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.238 142.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dec7f',
    500: '#42e242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e242;
$custom-light: #8dec7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80095,
    "c": 0.23795,
    "h": 142.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E242

secondary

#983198

accent

#38F0F0

background

#FCFFFB

surface

#F5FEF2

border

#CFD6CC

text

#0E160B

muted

#7F857E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E242

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

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