#42E274#42E274

#42E274 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.200 H 149.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E274
RGB	rgb(66, 226, 116)
HSL	hsl(139, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(139, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 48.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.07, -64.13, 41.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.07, 76.62, 146.82°)
OKLab	oklab(80.66% -0.1726 0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(80.66% 0.2 149.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.5929, 56.8082, 25.7670)
Luminance	0.5681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E274 #E242B0

analogous

#60E242 #42E274 #42E2C4

triadic

#42E274 #7442E2 #E27442

tetradic

#42E274 #4260E2 #E242B0 #E2C442

square

#42E274 #4260E2 #E242B0 #E2C442

split-complementary

#42E274 #C442E2 #E24260

monochromatic

#17933D #1FC854 #42E274 #77EA9B #ACF2C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#42E274 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.36

#42E274 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E274

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E274	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E274	1.00	1.70	12.36	12.36
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CF6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C17C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DEC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e274;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 226, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.200 149.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bec9e',
    500: '#42e274',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e274;
$custom-light: #8bec9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e274",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 138.75,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80661,
    "c": 0.20045,
    "h": 149.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E274

secondary

#983177

accent

#38B6F0

background

#FCFFFC

surface

#F4FEF5

border

#CED6CF

text

#0D160E

muted

#7F857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E274

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

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