#42AE6E#42AE6E

#42AE6E is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.137 H 154.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42AE6E
RGB	rgb(66, 174, 110)
HSL	hsl(144, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(144, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 0%, 36.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.80, -45.60, 23.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.80, 51.51, 152.28°)
OKLab	oklab(67.22% -0.1236 0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(67.22% 0.137 154.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.1956, 32.5541, 19.9681)
Luminance	0.3256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42AE6E #AE4282

analogous

#4CAE42 #42AE6E #42AEA4

triadic

#42AE6E #6E42AE #AE6E42

tetradic

#42AE6E #424CAE #AE4282 #AEA442

square

#42AE6E #424CAE #AE4282 #AEA442

split-complementary

#42AE6E #A442AE #AE424C

monochromatic

#205536 #318252 #42AE6E #68C68E #94D6AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#42AE6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#42AE6E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AE6E

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42AE6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42AE6E	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA16A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9772

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#16AC9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ae6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 174, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.137 154.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c798',
    500: '#42ae6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ae6e;
$custom-light: #81c798;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ae6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 144.444,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67221,
    "c": 0.13736,
    "h": 154.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42AE6E

secondary

#C28AAB

accent

#53A0D5

background

#F8FCF9

surface

#EFF8F2

border

#CAD1CC

text

#0B130D

muted

#7C827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42AE6E

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

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