#42C159#42C159

#42C159 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.182 H 146.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C159
RGB	rgb(66, 193, 89)
HSL	hsl(131, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(131, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 0%, 53.9%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.48, -56.34, 41.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.48, 70.24, 143.34°)
OKLab	oklab(71.8% -0.1521 0.1005)
OKLCH	oklch(71.8% 0.182 146.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.1183, 40.0170, 15.9550)
Luminance	0.4002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#42C159 #C142AA

analogous

#6AC142 #42C159 #42C198

triadic

#42C159 #5942C1 #C15942

tetradic

#42C159 #426AC1 #C142AA #C19842

square

#42C159 #426AC1 #C142AA #C19842

split-complementary

#42C159 #9842C1 #C1426A

monochromatic

#22672E #319543 #42C159 #70D081 #9EDFAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#42C159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#42C159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C159

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C159	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B050

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A561

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#19BDA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 193, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.182 146.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d58a',
    500: '#42c159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c159;
$custom-light: #85d58a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 130.866,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71801,
    "c": 0.18232,
    "h": 146.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C159

secondary

#CC93C1

accent

#4EC1DA

background

#F8FDF8

surface

#F0FAF0

border

#CBD3CB

text

#0C140C

muted

#7D837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C159

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

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