#42C17C#42C17C

#42C17C is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.150 H 155.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C17C
RGB	rgb(66, 193, 124)
HSL	hsl(147, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(147, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 0%, 35.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.00, -50.54, 24.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.00, 56.30, 153.85°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% -0.1369 0.0623)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.15 155.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.9526, 40.7508, 25.6155)
Luminance	0.4075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C17C #C14287

analogous

#47C142 #42C17C #42C1BC

triadic

#42C17C #7C42C1 #C17C42

tetradic

#42C17C #4247C1 #C14287 #C1BC42

square

#42C17C #4247C1 #C14287 #C1BC42

split-complementary

#42C17C #BC42C1 #C14247

monochromatic

#226741 #31955F #42C17C #70D09C #9EDFBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#42C17C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#42C17C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C17C

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C17C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C17C	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B278

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A680

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c17c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 193, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.150 155.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d5a2',
    500: '#42c17c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c17c;
$custom-light: #85d5a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c17c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 147.402,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72399,
    "c": 0.15043,
    "h": 155.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C17C

secondary

#CC93B2

accent

#4E9ADA

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF3

border

#CBD3CD

text

#0C140F

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C17C

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

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