#42E250#42E250

#42E250 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.229 H 144.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E250
RGB	rgb(66, 226, 80)
HSL	hsl(125, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(125, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 64.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.69, -68.68, 57.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.69, 89.71, 139.95°)
OKLab	oklab(80.22% -0.1858 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(80.22% 0.229 144.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.8891, 56.1267, 16.7935)
Luminance	0.5613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E250 #E242D4

analogous

#84E242 #42E250 #42E2A0

triadic

#42E250 #5042E2 #E25042

tetradic

#42E250 #4284E2 #E242D4 #E2A042

square

#42E250 #4284E2 #E242D4 #E2A042

split-complementary

#42E250 #A042E2 #E24284

monochromatic

#179321 #1FC82E #42E250 #77EA81 #ACF2B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#42E250 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#42E250 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E250

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E250	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E250	1.00	1.72	12.23	12.23
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CD3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C15D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e250;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 226, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.229 144.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cec87',
    500: '#42e250',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e250;
$custom-light: #8cec87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e250",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 125.25,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80217,
    "c": 0.22897,
    "h": 144.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E250

secondary

#98318F

accent

#38E0F0

background

#FCFFFC

surface

#F5FEF4

border

#CFD6CE

text

#0E160C

muted

#7F857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E250

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

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