#42C17D#42C17D

#42C17D is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.150 H 155.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C17D
RGB	rgb(66, 193, 125)
HSL	hsl(148, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(148, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 0%, 35.2%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.02, -50.34, 24.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.02, 55.90, 154.23°)
OKLab	oklab(72.42% -0.1365 0.0611)
OKLCH	oklch(72.42% 0.15 155.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.0162, 40.7762, 25.9503)
Luminance	0.4078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C17D #C14286

analogous

#46C142 #42C17D #42C1BC

triadic

#42C17D #7D42C1 #C17D42

tetradic

#42C17D #4246C1 #C14286 #C1BC42

square

#42C17D #4246C1 #C14286 #C1BC42

split-complementary

#42C17D #BC42C1 #C14246

monochromatic

#226742 #31955F #42C17D #70D09D #9EDFBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#42C17D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#42C17D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C17D

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C17D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C17D	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B279

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A681

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c17d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 193, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.150 155.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d5a3',
    500: '#42c17d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c17d;
$custom-light: #85d5a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c17d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 147.874,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72419,
    "c": 0.14951,
    "h": 155.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C17D

secondary

#CC93B1

accent

#4E99DA

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF3

border

#CBD3CD

text

#0C140F

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C17D

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

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