#42B97B#42B97B

#42B97B is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.140 H 156.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B97B
RGB	rgb(66, 185, 123)
HSL	hsl(149, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(149, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 0%, 33.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.49, -47.53, 21.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.49, 52.36, 155.21°)
OKLab	oklab(70.33% -0.1291 0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(70.33% 0.14 156.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.1688, 37.2838, 24.7105)
Luminance	0.3729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B97B #B94280

analogous

#45B942 #42B97B #42B9B6

triadic

#42B97B #7B42B9 #B97B42

tetradic

#42B97B #4245B9 #B94280 #B9B642

square

#42B97B #4245B9 #B94280 #B9B642

split-complementary

#42B97B #B642B9 #B94245

monochromatic

#225F3F #328C5D #42B97B #6DCB9A #9ADBB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#42B97B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#42B97B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B97B

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B97B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B97B	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8AB77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A07F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b97b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 185, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.140 156.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cfa1',
    500: '#42b97b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b97b;
$custom-light: #83cfa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b97b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 148.739,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70329,
    "c": 0.14048,
    "h": 156.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B97B

secondary

#C790AD

accent

#5197D7

background

#F8FCF9

surface

#F0F9F2

border

#CBD2CC

text

#0C140F

muted

#7D827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B97B

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

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