#42B16D#42B16D

#42B16D is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.142 H 153.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B16D
RGB	rgb(66, 177, 109)
HSL	hsl(143, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(143, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 0%, 38.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.73, -47.00, 25.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.73, 53.58, 151.31°)
OKLab	oklab(67.98% -0.1272 0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(67.98% 0.143 153.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.7275, 33.7046, 19.8783)
Luminance	0.3371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B16D #B14286

analogous

#4FB142 #42B16D #42B1A4

triadic

#42B16D #6D42B1 #B16D42

tetradic

#42B16D #424FB1 #B14286 #B1A442

square

#42B16D #424FB1 #B14286 #B1A442

split-complementary

#42B16D #A442B1 #B1424F

monochromatic

#215836 #318452 #42B16D #69C78E #96D8AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#42B16D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#42B16D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B16D

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B16D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B16D	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A368

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29971

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#15AFA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b16d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 177, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.142 153.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c997',
    500: '#42b16d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b16d;
$custom-light: #82c997;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b16d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 143.243,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67978,
    "c": 0.1425,
    "h": 153.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B16D

secondary

#C38BAE

accent

#52A3D5

background

#F8FCF9

surface

#F0F8F2

border

#CBD1CC

text

#0B130D

muted

#7C827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B16D

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

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