#42E272#42E272

#42E272 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.202 H 149.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E272
RGB	rgb(66, 226, 114)
HSL	hsl(138, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(138, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 49.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.05, -64.43, 42.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.05, 77.39, 146.36°)
OKLab	oklab(80.63% -0.1734 0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(80.63% 0.202 149.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.4778, 56.7622, 25.1609)
Luminance	0.5677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E272 #E242B2

analogous

#62E242 #42E272 #42E2C2

triadic

#42E272 #7242E2 #E27242

tetradic

#42E272 #4262E2 #E242B2 #E2C242

square

#42E272 #4262E2 #E242B2 #E2C242

split-complementary

#42E272 #C242E2 #E24262

monochromatic

#17933C #1FC852 #42E272 #77EA9A #ACF2C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#42E272 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.35

#42E272 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E272

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E272	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E272	1.00	1.70	12.35	12.35
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CF69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C17A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DEC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e272;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 226, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.202 149.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bec9c',
    500: '#42e272',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e272;
$custom-light: #8bec9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e272",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 138,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80631,
    "c": 0.20217,
    "h": 149.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E272

secondary

#983179

accent

#38B9F0

background

#FCFFFC

surface

#F4FEF5

border

#CED6CF

text

#0E160E

muted

#7F857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E272

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

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