#42E246#42E246

#42E246 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.236 H 143.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E246
RGB	rgb(66, 226, 70)
HSL	hsl(122, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(122, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 69%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.61, -69.62, 61.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.61, 92.94, 138.51°)
OKLab	oklab(80.13% -0.1888 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(80.13% 0.236 143.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.5467, 55.9898, 14.9904)
Luminance	0.5599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E246 #E242DE

analogous

#8EE242 #42E246 #42E296

triadic

#42E246 #4642E2 #E24642

tetradic

#42E246 #428EE2 #E242DE #E29642

square

#42E246 #428EE2 #E242DE #E29642

split-complementary

#42E246 #9642E2 #E2428E

monochromatic

#17931A #1FC823 #42E246 #77EA7A #ACF2AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#42E246 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#42E246 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E246

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E246	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E246	1.00	1.72	12.20	12.20
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CD2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C055

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e246;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 226, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.236 143.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dec81',
    500: '#42e246',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e246;
$custom-light: #8dec81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e246",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 121.5,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80127,
    "c": 0.23553,
    "h": 143.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E246

secondary

#983195

accent

#38EBF0

background

#FCFFFB

surface

#F5FEF2

border

#CFD6CC

text

#0E160B

muted

#7F857E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E246

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

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