#42E864#42E864

#42E864 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.221 H 146.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E864
RGB	rgb(66, 232, 100)
HSL	hsl(132, 78%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(132, 72%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 0%, 56.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.72, -68.38, 51.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.72, 85.56, 143.06°)
OKLab	oklab(81.97% -0.1843 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(81.97% 0.221 146.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.4012, 59.7878, 21.8340)
Luminance	0.5979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E864 #E842C6

analogous

#73E842 #42E864 #42E8B7

triadic

#42E864 #6442E8 #E86442

tetradic

#42E864 #4273E8 #E842C6 #E8B742

square

#42E864 #4273E8 #E842C6 #E8B742

split-complementary

#42E864 #B742E8 #E84273

monochromatic

#139D2F #1AD340 #42E864 #79EF91 #AFF5BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#42E864 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.96

#42E864 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E864

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E864	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E864	1.00	1.62	12.96	12.96
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD357

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C66F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e864;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 232, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.221 146.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8df194',
    500: '#42e864',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e864;
$custom-light: #8df194;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e864",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 132.289,
    "s": 78.302,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81966,
    "c": 0.22103,
    "h": 146.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E864

secondary

#A02F88

accent

#33CDF5

background

#FCFFFC

surface

#F5FEF4

border

#CFD6CE

text

#0E170D

muted

#7F857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E864

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

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