#42C36E#42C36E

#42C36E is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.166 H 151.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C36E
RGB	rgb(66, 195, 110)
HSL	hsl(140, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(140, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 0%, 43.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.39, -53.86, 32.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.39, 62.97, 148.80°)
OKLab	oklab(72.65% -0.1453 0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(72.65% 0.166 151)
XYZ	xyz(24.5744, 41.3117, 21.4277)
Luminance	0.4131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C36E #C34297

analogous

#56C342 #42C36E #42C3AE

triadic

#42C36E #6E42C3 #C36E42

tetradic

#42C36E #4256C3 #C34297 #C3AE42

square

#42C36E #4256C3 #C34297 #C3AE42

split-complementary

#42C36E #AE42C3 #C34256

monochromatic

#21693A #309853 #42C36E #70D292 #9FE0B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#42C36E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#42C36E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C36E

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C36E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C36E	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B368

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A874

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c36e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 195, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.166 151.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d698',
    500: '#42c36e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c36e;
$custom-light: #85d698;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c36e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 140.465,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72646,
    "c": 0.16604,
    "h": 151
  },
  "luminance": 0.41314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C36E

secondary

#CD94B9

accent

#4DABDB

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FAF2

border

#CBD3CC

text

#0C140E

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C36E

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

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