#42B877#42B877

#42B877 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.143 H 155.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B877
RGB	rgb(66, 184, 119)
HSL	hsl(147, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(147, 64%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 0%, 35.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.10, -47.92, 23.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.10, 53.40, 153.81°)
OKLab	oklab(69.99% -0.1299 0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(69.99% 0.143 155.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.7150, 36.7688, 23.3492)
Luminance	0.3677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B877 #B84283

analogous

#48B842 #42B877 #42B8B2

triadic

#42B877 #7742B8 #B87742

tetradic

#42B877 #4248B8 #B84283 #B8B242

square

#42B877 #4248B8 #B84283 #B8B242

split-complementary

#42B877 #B242B8 #B84248

monochromatic

#225E3D #328B5A #42B877 #6DCB97 #9ADBB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#42B877 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#42B877 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B877

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B877	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B877	1.00	2.51	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7AA73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89F7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b877;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 184, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.143 155.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ce9e',
    500: '#42b877',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b877;
$custom-light: #83ce9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b877",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 146.949,
    "s": 47.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69988,
    "c": 0.14279,
    "h": 155.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B877

secondary

#C78FAE

accent

#519BD7

background

#F8FCF9

surface

#F0F9F2

border

#CBD2CC

text

#0C140E

muted

#7D827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B877

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

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