#42C16C#42C16C

#42C16C is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.165 H 150.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C16C
RGB	rgb(66, 193, 108)
HSL	hsl(140, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(140, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 0%, 44%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.74, -53.44, 32.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.74, 62.70, 148.46°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% -0.1441 0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.165 150.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.0216, 40.3784, 20.7123)
Luminance	0.4038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C16C #C14297

analogous

#57C142 #42C16C #42C1AC

triadic

#42C16C #6C42C1 #C16C42

tetradic

#42C16C #4257C1 #C14297 #C1AC42

square

#42C16C #4257C1 #C14297 #C1AC42

split-complementary

#42C16C #AC42C1 #C14257

monochromatic

#226739 #319552 #42C16C #70D090 #9EDFB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#42C16C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#42C16C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C16C

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C16C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C16C	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B166

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A672

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#02BEAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c16c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 193, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.165 150.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d597',
    500: '#42c16c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c16c;
$custom-light: #85d597;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c16c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 139.843,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72096,
    "c": 0.16522,
    "h": 150.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C16C

secondary

#CC93B9

accent

#4EACDA

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FAF2

border

#CBD3CC

text

#0C140D

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C16C

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

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