#42AE76#42AE76

#42AE76 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.130 H 157.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42AE76
RGB	rgb(66, 174, 118)
HSL	hsl(149, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(149, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 0%, 32.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.95, -44.01, 19.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.95, 48.27, 155.74°)
OKLab	oklab(67.39% -0.1198 0.0502)
OKLCH	oklch(67.39% 0.13 157.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.6510, 32.7363, 22.3665)
Luminance	0.3274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42AE76 #AE427A

analogous

#44AE42 #42AE76 #42AEAC

triadic

#42AE76 #7642AE #AE7642

tetradic

#42AE76 #4244AE #AE427A #AEAC42

square

#42AE76 #4244AE #AE427A #AEAC42

split-complementary

#42AE76 #AC42AE #AE4244

monochromatic

#20553A #318258 #42AE76 #68C695 #94D6B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#42AE76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#42AE76 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AE76

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42AE76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42AE76	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA173

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E977A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0CAD9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ae76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 174, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.130 157.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c79d',
    500: '#42ae76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ae76;
$custom-light: #81c79d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ae76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 148.889,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67392,
    "c": 0.12987,
    "h": 157.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42AE76

secondary

#C28AA7

accent

#5396D5

background

#F8FCF9

surface

#EFF8F2

border

#CAD1CC

text

#0B130E

muted

#7C827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42AE76

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

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