#42C16F#42C16F

#42C16F is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.162 H 151.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C16F
RGB	rgb(66, 193, 111)
HSL	hsl(141, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(141, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 0%, 42.5%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.78, -52.92, 31.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.78, 61.50, 149.38°)
OKLab	oklab(72.15% -0.1428 0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(72.15% 0.162 151.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.1840, 40.4433, 21.5677)
Luminance	0.4045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C16F #C14294

analogous

#54C142 #42C16F #42C1AF

triadic

#42C16F #6F42C1 #C16F42

tetradic

#42C16F #4254C1 #C14294 #C1AF42

square

#42C16F #4254C1 #C14294 #C1AF42

split-complementary

#42C16F #AF42C1 #C14254

monochromatic

#22673A #319554 #42C16F #70D092 #9EDFB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#42C16F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#42C16F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C16F

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C16F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C16F	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B169

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A675

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c16f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 193, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.162 151.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d599',
    500: '#42c16f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c16f;
$custom-light: #85d599;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c16f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 141.26,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72149,
    "c": 0.16245,
    "h": 151.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C16F

secondary

#CC93B8

accent

#4EA8DA

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FAF2

border

#CBD3CC

text

#0C140E

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C16F

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

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