#42C461#42C461

#42C461 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.179 H 147.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C461
RGB	rgb(66, 196, 97)
HSL	hsl(134, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(134, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 0%, 50.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.52, -56.29, 39.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.52, 68.67, 145.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% -0.1518 0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.179 147.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.1426, 41.4986, 18.0447)
Luminance	0.4150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C461 #C442A5

analogous

#64C442 #42C461 #42C4A2

triadic

#42C461 #6142C4 #C46142

tetradic

#42C461 #4264C4 #C442A5 #C4A242

square

#42C461 #4264C4 #C442A5 #C4A242

split-complementary

#42C461 #A242C4 #C44264

monochromatic

#216A33 #309949 #42C461 #71D388 #9FE1AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#42C461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#42C461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C461

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C461	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B359

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A868

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0FC0AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 196, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.179 147.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d790',
    500: '#42c461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c461;
$custom-light: #86d790;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 134.308,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72694,
    "c": 0.17917,
    "h": 147.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C461

secondary

#CE94C0

accent

#4CBADC

background

#F8FDF8

surface

#F0FAF0

border

#CBD3CB

text

#0C140D

muted

#7D837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C461

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

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