#42E254#42E254

#42E254 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.226 H 144.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E254
RGB	rgb(66, 226, 84)
HSL	hsl(127, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(127, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 62.8%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.72, -68.26, 56.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.72, 88.36, 140.59°)
OKLab	oklab(80.26% -0.1845 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(80.26% 0.226 144.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.0413, 56.1876, 17.5952)
Luminance	0.5619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E254 #E242D0

analogous

#80E242 #42E254 #42E2A4

triadic

#42E254 #5442E2 #E25442

tetradic

#42E254 #4280E2 #E242D0 #E2A442

square

#42E254 #4280E2 #E242D0 #E2A442

split-complementary

#42E254 #A442E2 #E24280

monochromatic

#179325 #1FC832 #42E254 #77EA84 #ACF2B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#42E254 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#42E254 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E254

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E254	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E254	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CD43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C160

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e254;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 226, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.226 144.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cec89',
    500: '#42e254',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e254;
$custom-light: #8cec89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e254",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 126.75,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80257,
    "c": 0.22615,
    "h": 144.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E254

secondary

#98318C

accent

#38DBF0

background

#FCFFFC

surface

#F5FEF4

border

#CFD6CE

text

#0E160C

muted

#7F857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E254

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

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