#42C16D#42C16D

#42C16D is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.164 H 151.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C16D
RGB	rgb(66, 193, 109)
HSL	hsl(140, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(140, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 0%, 43.5%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.75, -53.27, 32.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.75, 62.30, 148.76°)
OKLab	oklab(72.11% -0.1437 0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(72.11% 0.164 151)
XYZ	xyz(24.0751, 40.3998, 20.9942)
Luminance	0.4040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C16D #C14296

analogous

#56C142 #42C16D #42C1AC

triadic

#42C16D #6D42C1 #C16D42

tetradic

#42C16D #4256C1 #C14296 #C1AC42

square

#42C16D #4256C1 #C14296 #C1AC42

split-complementary

#42C16D #AC42C1 #C14256

monochromatic

#226739 #319553 #42C16D #70D091 #9EDFB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#42C16D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#42C16D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C16D

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C16D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C16D	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)

#C2B167

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A673

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c16d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 193, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.164 151.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d598',
    500: '#42c16d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c16d;
$custom-light: #85d598;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c16d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 140.315,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72114,
    "c": 0.1643,
    "h": 151
  },
  "luminance": 0.40402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C16D

secondary

#CC93B9

accent

#4EABDA

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FAF2

border

#CBD3CC

text

#0C140E

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C16D

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

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