#42C079#42C079

#42C079 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.152 H 154.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C079
RGB	rgb(66, 192, 121)
HSL	hsl(146, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(146, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 0%, 37%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.64, -50.72, 25.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.64, 56.95, 152.94°)
OKLab	oklab(72.08% -0.1373 0.0649)
OKLCH	oklch(72.08% 0.152 154.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.5454, 40.2354, 24.5581)
Luminance	0.4024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C079 #C04289

analogous

#4AC042 #42C079 #42C0B8

triadic

#42C079 #7942C0 #C07942

tetradic

#42C079 #424AC0 #C04289 #C0B842

square

#42C079 #424AC0 #C04289 #C0B842

split-complementary

#42C079 #B842C0 #C0424A

monochromatic

#22663F #31945C #42C079 #70CF9A #9EDFBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#42C079 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#42C079 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C079

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C079	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C079	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB174

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA67E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c079;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 192, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.152 154.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d4a0',
    500: '#42c079',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c079;
$custom-light: #84d4a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c079",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 146.19,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72082,
    "c": 0.15183,
    "h": 154.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C079

secondary

#CB93B2

accent

#4E9DDA

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FAF2

border

#CBD3CC

text

#0C140E

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C079

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

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