#42B969#42B969

#42B969 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.157 H 150.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B969
RGB	rgb(66, 185, 105)
HSL	hsl(140, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(140, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 0%, 43.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.18, -50.88, 31.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.18, 59.61, 148.61°)
OKLab	oklab(69.98% -0.1373 0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(69.98% 0.157 150.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.1438, 36.8738, 19.3122)
Luminance	0.3688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B969 #B94292

analogous

#57B942 #42B969 #42B9A5

triadic

#42B969 #6942B9 #B96942

tetradic

#42B969 #4257B9 #B94292 #B9A542

square

#42B969 #4257B9 #B94292 #B9A542

split-complementary

#42B969 #A542B9 #B94257

monochromatic

#225F36 #328C4F #42B969 #6DCB8C #9ADBB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#42B969 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#42B969 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B969

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B969	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B969	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAAA63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9F6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#12B6A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b969;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 185, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.157 150.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cf95',
    500: '#42b969',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b969;
$custom-light: #83cf95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b969",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 139.664,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69976,
    "c": 0.15727,
    "h": 150.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B969

secondary

#C790B5

accent

#51ABD7

background

#F8FCF9

surface

#F0F9F1

border

#CBD2CB

text

#0C140D

muted

#7D827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B969

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

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