#42C162#42C162

#42C162 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.174 H 148.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C162
RGB	rgb(66, 193, 98)
HSL	hsl(135, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(135, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 0%, 49.2%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.60, -55.04, 37.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.60, 66.70, 145.61°)
OKLab	oklab(71.93% -0.1484 0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(71.93% 0.174 148.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.5196, 40.1776, 18.0685)
Luminance	0.4018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C162 #C142A1

analogous

#61C142 #42C162 #42C1A1

triadic

#42C162 #6242C1 #C16242

tetradic

#42C162 #4261C1 #C142A1 #C1A142

square

#42C162 #4261C1 #C142A1 #C1A142

split-complementary

#42C162 #A142C1 #C14261

monochromatic

#226733 #31954A #42C162 #70D088 #9EDFAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#42C162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#42C162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C162

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C162	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B15A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A669

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#11BDAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 193, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.174 148.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d590',
    500: '#42c162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c162;
$custom-light: #85d590;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 135.118,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71932,
    "c": 0.17437,
    "h": 148.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C162

secondary

#CC93BD

accent

#4EB7DA

background

#F8FDF8

surface

#F0FAF0

border

#CBD3CB

text

#0C140D

muted

#7D837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C162

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

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