#42E248#42E248

#42E248 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.234 H 143.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E248
RGB	rgb(66, 226, 72)
HSL	hsl(122, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(122, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 68.1%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.62, -69.44, 60.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.62, 92.31, 138.78°)
OKLab	oklab(80.14% -0.1882 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(80.14% 0.234 143.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.6109, 56.0154, 15.3285)
Luminance	0.5602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E248 #E242DC

analogous

#8CE242 #42E248 #42E298

triadic

#42E248 #4842E2 #E24842

tetradic

#42E248 #428CE2 #E242DC #E29842

square

#42E248 #428CE2 #E242DC #E29842

split-complementary

#42E248 #9842E2 #E2428C

monochromatic

#17931B #1FC825 #42E248 #77EA7B #ACF2AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#42E248 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#42E248 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E248

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E248	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E248	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)

#E7CD32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C057

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e248;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 226, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.234 143.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dec82',
    500: '#42e248',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e248;
$custom-light: #8dec82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e248",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 122.25,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80144,
    "c": 0.23428,
    "h": 143.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E248

secondary

#983194

accent

#38E9F0

background

#FCFFFB

surface

#F5FEF2

border

#CFD6CC

text

#0E160B

muted

#7F857E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E248

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

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