#42C17A#42C17A

#42C17A is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.152 H 154.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C17A
RGB	rgb(66, 193, 122)
HSL	hsl(146, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(146, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 0%, 36.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.97, -50.92, 25.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.97, 57.09, 153.11°)
OKLab	oklab(72.36% -0.1378 0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(72.36% 0.152 154.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.8274, 40.7007, 24.9562)
Luminance	0.4070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C17A #C14289

analogous

#49C142 #42C17A #42C1BA

triadic

#42C17A #7A42C1 #C17A42

tetradic

#42C17A #4249C1 #C14289 #C1BA42

square

#42C17A #4249C1 #C14289 #C1BA42

split-complementary

#42C17A #BA42C1 #C14249

monochromatic

#226740 #31955D #42C17A #70D09A #9EDFBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#42C17A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#42C17A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C17A

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C17A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C17A	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B275

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A67F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c17a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 193, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.152 154.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d5a1',
    500: '#42c17a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c17a;
$custom-light: #85d5a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c17a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 146.457,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72358,
    "c": 0.15226,
    "h": 154.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C17A

secondary

#CC93B3

accent

#4E9CDA

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FAF2

border

#CBD3CC

text

#0C140F

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C17A

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

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