#42E850#42E850

#42E850 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.236 H 144.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E850
RGB	rgb(66, 232, 80)
HSL	hsl(125, 78%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(125, 72%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 0%, 65.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.54, -70.60, 59.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.54, 92.49, 139.76°)
OKLab	oklab(81.75% -0.191 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(81.75% 0.236 144.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.5492, 59.4470, 17.3469)
Luminance	0.5945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E850 #E842DA

analogous

#87E842 #42E850 #42E8A3

triadic

#42E850 #5042E8 #E85042

tetradic

#42E850 #4287E8 #E842DA #E8A342

square

#42E850 #4287E8 #E842DA #E8A342

split-complementary

#42E850 #A342E8 #E84287

monochromatic

#139D1F #1AD329 #42E850 #79EF83 #AFF5B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#42E850 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.89

#42E850 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E850

12.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E850	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E850	1.00	1.63	12.89	12.89
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD33C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C65E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e850;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 232, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.236 144.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8df187',
    500: '#42e850',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e850;
$custom-light: #8df187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e850",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 125.06,
    "s": 78.302,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81752,
    "c": 0.23571,
    "h": 144.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E850

secondary

#A02F96

accent

#33E4F5

background

#FCFFFC

surface

#F5FEF4

border

#CFD6CE

text

#0E170C

muted

#7F857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E850

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

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