#42B161#42B161

#42B161 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.154 H 149.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B161
RGB	rgb(66, 177, 97)
HSL	hsl(137, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(137, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 0%, 45.2%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.53, -49.12, 31.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.53, 58.50, 147.09°)
OKLab	oklab(67.76% -0.1326 0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(67.76% 0.154 149.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.1251, 33.4636, 16.7055)
Luminance	0.3347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B161 #B14292

analogous

#5AB142 #42B161 #42B199

triadic

#42B161 #6142B1 #B16142

tetradic

#42B161 #425AB1 #B14292 #B19942

square

#42B161 #425AB1 #B14292 #B19942

split-complementary

#42B161 #9942B1 #B1425A

monochromatic

#215830 #318449 #42B161 #69C783 #96D8A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#42B161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#42B161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B161

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B161	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A35B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49966

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1EAE9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 177, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.154 149.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c98f',
    500: '#42b161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b161;
$custom-light: #82c98f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 136.757,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67757,
    "c": 0.15389,
    "h": 149.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B161

secondary

#C38BB4

accent

#52B1D5

background

#F8FCF8

surface

#F0F8F0

border

#CBD1CB

text

#0B130C

muted

#7C827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B161

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

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