#42C169#42C169

#42C169 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.168 H 150.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C169
RGB	rgb(66, 193, 105)
HSL	hsl(138, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(138, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 0%, 45.6%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.69, -53.94, 34.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.69, 63.90, 147.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72.05% -0.1454 0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(72.05% 0.168 150)
XYZ	xyz(23.8647, 40.3156, 19.8859)
Luminance	0.4032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C169 #C1429A

analogous

#5AC142 #42C169 #42C1A8

triadic

#42C169 #6942C1 #C16942

tetradic

#42C169 #425AC1 #C1429A #C1A842

square

#42C169 #425AC1 #C1429A #C1A842

split-complementary

#42C169 #A842C1 #C1425A

monochromatic

#226737 #319550 #42C169 #70D08E #9EDFB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#42C169 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#42C169 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C169

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C169	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C169	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B162

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A66F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#07BEAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c169;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 193, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.168 150.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d595',
    500: '#42c169',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c169;
$custom-light: #85d595;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c169",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 138.425,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72045,
    "c": 0.16799,
    "h": 150
  },
  "luminance": 0.40318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C169

secondary

#CC93BA

accent

#4EAFDA

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FAF2

border

#CBD3CC

text

#0C140D

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C169

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

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