#42C177#42C177

#42C177 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.155 H 153.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C177
RGB	rgb(66, 193, 119)
HSL	hsl(145, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(145, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 0%, 38.3%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.91, -51.49, 27.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.91, 58.29, 152.04°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% -0.1392 0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.155 153.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.6444, 40.6275, 23.9923)
Luminance	0.4063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C177 #C1428C

analogous

#4CC142 #42C177 #42C1B6

triadic

#42C177 #7742C1 #C17742

tetradic

#42C177 #424CC1 #C1428C #C1B642

square

#42C177 #424CC1 #C1428C #C1B642

split-complementary

#42C177 #B642C1 #C1424C

monochromatic

#22673F #31955B #42C177 #70D098 #9EDFB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#42C177 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#42C177 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C177

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C177	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C177	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B272

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A67C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c177;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 193, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.155 153.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d59f',
    500: '#42c177',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c177;
$custom-light: #85d59f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c177",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 145.039,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72299,
    "c": 0.15503,
    "h": 153.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C177

secondary

#CC93B4

accent

#4EA0DA

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FAF2

border

#CBD3CC

text

#0C140E

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C177

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

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