#42E945#42E945

#42E945 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.244 H 143.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E945
RGB	rgb(66, 233, 69)
HSL	hsl(121, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(121, 72%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 0%, 70.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.76, -71.91, 64.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.76, 96.39, 138.25°)
OKLab	oklab(81.91% -0.1951 0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(81.91% 0.244 143.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.4578, 59.8621, 15.4730)
Luminance	0.5987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E945 #E942E6

analogous

#92E942 #42E945 #42E998

triadic

#42E945 #4542E9 #E94542

tetradic

#42E945 #4292E9 #E942E6 #E99842

square

#42E945 #4292E9 #E942E6 #E99842

split-complementary

#42E945 #9842E9 #E94292

monochromatic

#129E15 #19D51C #42E945 #79EF7B #B0F6B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#42E945 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.97

#42E945 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E945

12.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E945	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E945	1.00	1.62	12.97	12.97
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED32A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC656

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e945;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 233, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.244 143.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ef181',
    500: '#42e945',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e945;
$custom-light: #8ef181;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e945",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 121.078,
    "s": 79.147,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81914,
    "c": 0.24376,
    "h": 143.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E945

secondary

#A12E9F

accent

#32F2F6

background

#FCFFFB

surface

#F5FEF2

border

#CFD6CC

text

#0E170B

muted

#7F857E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E945

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

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