#42E946#42E946

#42E946 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.243 H 143.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E946
RGB	rgb(66, 233, 70)
HSL	hsl(121, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(121, 72%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 0%, 70%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.77, -71.82, 63.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.77, 96.09, 138.37°)
OKLab	oklab(81.92% -0.1948 0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(81.92% 0.243 143.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.4891, 59.8746, 15.6379)
Luminance	0.5988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E946 #E942E5

analogous

#91E942 #42E946 #42E999

triadic

#42E946 #4642E9 #E94642

tetradic

#42E946 #4291E9 #E942E5 #E99942

square

#42E946 #4291E9 #E942E5 #E99942

split-complementary

#42E946 #9942E9 #E94291

monochromatic

#129E16 #19D51D #42E946 #79EF7C #B0F6B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#42E946 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.98

#42E946 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E946

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E946	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E946	1.00	1.62	12.98	12.98
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED32C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC656

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e946;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 233, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.243 143.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ef182',
    500: '#42e946',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e946;
$custom-light: #8ef182;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e946",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 121.437,
    "s": 79.147,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81921,
    "c": 0.24316,
    "h": 143.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E946

secondary

#A12E9E

accent

#32F1F6

background

#FCFFFB

surface

#F5FEF2

border

#CFD6CC

text

#0E170B

muted

#7F857E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E946

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

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