#42C261#42C261

#42C261 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.177 H 148.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C261
RGB	rgb(66, 194, 97)
HSL	hsl(135, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(135, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 50%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.90, -55.56, 38.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.90, 67.62, 145.25°)
OKLab	oklab(72.18% -0.1498 0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(72.18% 0.177 148.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.6945, 40.6024, 17.8953)
Luminance	0.4061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C261 #C242A3

analogous

#63C242 #42C261 #42C2A1

triadic

#42C261 #6142C2 #C26142

tetradic

#42C261 #4263C2 #C242A3 #C2A142

square

#42C261 #4263C2 #C242A3 #C2A142

split-complementary

#42C261 #A142C2 #C24263

monochromatic

#226833 #319649 #42C261 #70D188 #9FE0AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#42C261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#42C261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C261

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C261	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B159

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A668

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#11BEAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 194, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.177 148.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d590',
    500: '#42c261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c261;
$custom-light: #85d590;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 134.531,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72176,
    "c": 0.17657,
    "h": 148.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C261

secondary

#CC94BF

accent

#4DB8DB

background

#F8FDF8

surface

#F0FAF0

border

#CBD3CB

text

#0C140D

muted

#7D837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C261

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

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