#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
RGB	rgb(66, 194, 101)
HSL	hsl(136, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(136, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 47.9%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.95, -54.95, 36.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.95, 66.03, 146.32°)
OKLab	oklab(72.24% -0.1482 0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(72.24% 0.173 148.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.8857, 40.6789, 18.9024)
Luminance	0.4068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##42C265	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)

#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

Preview with #42C265

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

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