#42C161#42C161

#42C161 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.175 H 148.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C161
RGB	rgb(66, 193, 97)
HSL	hsl(135, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(135, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 0%, 49.7%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.58, -55.19, 38.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.58, 67.10, 145.34°)
OKLab	oklab(71.92% -0.1489 0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(71.92% 0.175 148.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.4727, 40.1588, 17.8213)
Luminance	0.4016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C161 #C142A2

analogous

#62C142 #42C161 #42C1A1

triadic

#42C161 #6142C1 #C16142

tetradic

#42C161 #4262C1 #C142A2 #C1A142

square

#42C161 #4262C1 #C142A2 #C1A142

split-complementary

#42C161 #A142C1 #C14262

monochromatic

#226733 #319549 #42C161 #70D088 #9EDFAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#42C161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#42C161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C161

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C161	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B159

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A668

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#12BDAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 193, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.175 148.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d590',
    500: '#42c161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c161;
$custom-light: #85d590;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 134.646,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71917,
    "c": 0.17527,
    "h": 148.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C161

secondary

#CC93BE

accent

#4EB8DA

background

#F8FDF8

surface

#F0FAF0

border

#CBD3CB

text

#0C140C

muted

#7D837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C161

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

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