#42C16E#42C16E

#42C16E is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.163 H 151.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C16E
RGB	rgb(66, 193, 110)
HSL	hsl(141, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(141, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 0%, 43%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.77, -53.10, 31.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.77, 61.90, 149.07°)
OKLab	oklab(72.13% -0.1433 0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(72.13% 0.163 151.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.1293, 40.4214, 21.2793)
Luminance	0.4042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C16E #C14295

analogous

#55C142 #42C16E #42C1AD

triadic

#42C16E #6E42C1 #C16E42

tetradic

#42C16E #4255C1 #C14295 #C1AD42

square

#42C16E #4255C1 #C14295 #C1AD42

split-complementary

#42C16E #AD42C1 #C14255

monochromatic

#22673A #319554 #42C16E #70D091 #9EDFB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#42C16E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#42C16E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C16E

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C16E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C16E	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)

#C2B168

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A674

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c16e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 193, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.163 151.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d598',
    500: '#42c16e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c16e;
$custom-light: #85d598;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c16e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 140.787,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72131,
    "c": 0.16338,
    "h": 151.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C16E

secondary

#CC93B8

accent

#4EA9DA

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FAF2

border

#CBD3CC

text

#0C140E

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C16E

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

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