#42E949#42E949

#42E949 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.241 H 143.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E949
RGB	rgb(66, 233, 73)
HSL	hsl(123, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(123, 72%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 0%, 68.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.79, -71.57, 62.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.79, 95.17, 138.76°)
OKLab	oklab(81.95% -0.194 0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(81.95% 0.241 143.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.5862, 59.9135, 16.1491)
Luminance	0.5992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E949 #E942E2

analogous

#8EE942 #42E949 #42E99C

triadic

#42E949 #4942E9 #E94942

tetradic

#42E949 #428EE9 #E942E2 #E99C42

square

#42E949 #428EE9 #E942E2 #E99C42

split-complementary

#42E949 #9C42E9 #E9428E

monochromatic

#129E18 #19D521 #42E949 #79EF7E #B0F6B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#42E949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.98

#42E949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E949

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E949	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)

#EED331

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC659

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 233, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.241 143.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ef184',
    500: '#42e949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e949;
$custom-light: #8ef184;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 122.515,
    "s": 79.147,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81946,
    "c": 0.24134,
    "h": 143.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E949

secondary

#A12E9C

accent

#32EDF6

background

#FCFFFB

surface

#F5FEF2

border

#CFD6CC

text

#0E170B

muted

#7F857E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E949

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

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