#42C265#42C265

#42C265 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.173 H 148.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42C265
RGBrgb(66, 194, 101)
HSLhsl(136, 51%, 51%)
HSVhsv(136, 66%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(66%, 0%, 47.9%, 23.9%)
CIE-LABlab(69.95, -54.95, 36.62)
CIE-LCHlch(69.95, 66.03, 146.32°)
OKLaboklab(72.24% -0.1482 0.0892)
OKLCHoklch(72.24% 0.173 148.9)
XYZxyz(23.8857, 40.6789, 18.9024)
Luminance0.4068 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42C265 #C2429F
analogous
#5FC242 #42C265 #42C2A5
triadic
#42C265 #6542C2 #C26542
tetradic
#42C265 #425FC2 #C2429F #C2A542
square
#42C265 #425FC2 #C2429F #C2A542
split-complementary
#42C265 #A542C2 #C2425F
monochromatic
#226835 #31964C #42C265 #70D18B #9FE0B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30
#42C265 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14
#42C265 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C265
9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42C265#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42C2651.002.309.149.14
#FFFFFF2.301.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1421.001.001.00
##0000009.1421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C4B25E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B4A76C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#0CBEAC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42c265;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 194, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.173 148.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d592',
    500: '#42c265',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42c265;
$custom-light: #85d592;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42c265",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 136.406,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72238,
    "c": 0.17297,
    "h": 148.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42C265
secondary
#CC94BD
accent
#4DB4DB
background
#F8FDF9
surface
#F0FAF1
border
#CBD3CB
text
#0C140D
muted
#7D837E

Preview Lab

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#42C265 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva