#42E252#42E252

#42E252 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.228 H 144.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E252
RGB	rgb(66, 226, 82)
HSL	hsl(126, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(126, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 63.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.70, -68.47, 56.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.70, 89.04, 140.27°)
OKLab	oklab(80.24% -0.1852 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(80.24% 0.228 144.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.9641, 56.1567, 17.1885)
Luminance	0.5616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E252 #E242D2

analogous

#82E242 #42E252 #42E2A2

triadic

#42E252 #5242E2 #E25242

tetradic

#42E252 #4282E2 #E242D2 #E2A242

square

#42E252 #4282E2 #E242D2 #E2A242

split-complementary

#42E252 #A242E2 #E24282

monochromatic

#179323 #1FC830 #42E252 #77EA83 #ACF2B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#42E252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#42E252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E252

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E252	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)

#E6CD40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C15F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 226, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.228 144.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cec88',
    500: '#42e252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e252;
$custom-light: #8cec88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 126,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80237,
    "c": 0.22757,
    "h": 144.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E252

secondary

#98318D

accent

#38DEF0

background

#FCFFFC

surface

#F5FEF4

border

#CFD6CE

text

#0E160C

muted

#7F857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E252

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

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