#42AC66#42AC66

#42AC66 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.142 H 151.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42AC66
RGB	rgb(66, 172, 102)
HSL	hsl(140, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(140, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 0%, 40.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.03, -46.27, 27.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.03, 53.67, 149.54°)
OKLab	oklab(66.54% -0.1251 0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(66.54% 0.142 151.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.3961, 31.6207, 17.6490)
Luminance	0.3162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42AC66 #AC4288

analogous

#53AC42 #42AC66 #42AC9B

triadic

#42AC66 #6642AC #AC6642

tetradic

#42AC66 #4253AC #AC4288 #AC9B42

square

#42AC66 #4253AC #AC4288 #AC9B42

split-complementary

#42AC66 #9B42AC #AC4253

monochromatic

#205432 #31804C #42AC66 #67C587 #93D6AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#42AC66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#42AC66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AC66

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42AC66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42AC66	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9E61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F956B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1EA99B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ac66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 172, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.142 151.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c592',
    500: '#42ac66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ac66;
$custom-light: #81c592;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ac66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 140.377,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66544,
    "c": 0.14219,
    "h": 151.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42AC66

secondary

#C189AE

accent

#54A9D4

background

#F8FCF9

surface

#EFF8F1

border

#CAD1CB

text

#0B130D

muted

#7C827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42AC66

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

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