#42C165#42C165

#42C165 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.172 H 149.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C165
RGB	rgb(66, 193, 101)
HSL	hsl(137, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(137, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 0%, 47.7%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.64, -54.58, 36.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.64, 65.50, 146.43°)
OKLab	oklab(71.98% -0.1472 0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(71.98% 0.172 149)
XYZ	xyz(23.6639, 40.2353, 18.8285)
Luminance	0.4024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C165 #C1429E

analogous

#5EC142 #42C165 #42C1A4

triadic

#42C165 #6542C1 #C16542

tetradic

#42C165 #425EC1 #C1429E #C1A442

square

#42C165 #425EC1 #C1429E #C1A442

split-complementary

#42C165 #A442C1 #C1425E

monochromatic

#226735 #31954C #42C165 #70D08B #9EDFB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#42C165 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#42C165 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C165

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C165	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C165	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)

#C3B15E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A66B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0EBDAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c165;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 193, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.172 149.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d592',
    500: '#42c165',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c165;
$custom-light: #85d592;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c165",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 136.535,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7198,
    "c": 0.17166,
    "h": 149
  },
  "luminance": 0.40238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C165

secondary

#CC93BC

accent

#4EB3DA

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FAF1

border

#CBD3CB

text

#0C140D

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C165

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

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