#42E249#42E249

#42E249 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.234 H 143.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E249
RGB	rgb(66, 226, 73)
HSL	hsl(123, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(123, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 67.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.63, -69.35, 60.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.63, 91.99, 138.92°)
OKLab	oklab(80.15% -0.1879 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(80.15% 0.234 143.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.6438, 56.0286, 15.5017)
Luminance	0.5603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E249 #E242DB

analogous

#8BE242 #42E249 #42E299

triadic

#42E249 #4942E2 #E24942

tetradic

#42E249 #428BE2 #E242DB #E29942

square

#42E249 #428BE2 #E242DB #E29942

split-complementary

#42E249 #9942E2 #E2428B

monochromatic

#17931C #1FC826 #42E249 #77EA7C #ACF2AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#42E249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#42E249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E249

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E249	1.00	1.72	12.21	12.21
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CD33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C058

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 226, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.234 143.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dec83',
    500: '#42e249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e249;
$custom-light: #8dec83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 122.625,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80153,
    "c": 0.23364,
    "h": 143.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E249

secondary

#983193

accent

#38E8F0

background

#FCFFFB

surface

#F5FEF2

border

#CFD6CC

text

#0E160B

muted

#7F857E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E249

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

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