#42C164#42C164

#42C164 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.173 H 148.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C164
RGB	rgb(66, 193, 100)
HSL	hsl(136, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(136, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 0%, 48.2%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.62, -54.73, 36.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.62, 65.90, 146.15°)
OKLab	oklab(71.96% -0.1476 0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(71.96% 0.173 148.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.6152, 40.2158, 18.5720)
Luminance	0.4022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C164 #C1429F

analogous

#5FC142 #42C164 #42C1A3

triadic

#42C164 #6442C1 #C16442

tetradic

#42C164 #425FC1 #C1429F #C1A342

square

#42C164 #425FC1 #C1429F #C1A342

split-complementary

#42C164 #A342C1 #C1425F

monochromatic

#226734 #31954C #42C164 #70D08A #9EDFB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#42C164 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#42C164 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C164

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C164	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C164	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)

#C3B15C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A66B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0FBDAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c164;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 193, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.173 148.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d592',
    500: '#42c164',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c164;
$custom-light: #85d592;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c164",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 136.063,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71964,
    "c": 0.17256,
    "h": 148.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C164

secondary

#CC93BC

accent

#4EB5DA

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FAF1

border

#CBD3CB

text

#0C140D

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C164

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

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