#42C47E#42C47E

#42C47E is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.153 H 155.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C47E
RGB	rgb(66, 196, 126)
HSL	hsl(148, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(148, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 0%, 35.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.97, -51.33, 25.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.97, 57.12, 153.98°)
OKLab	oklab(73.21% -0.1391 0.0629)
OKLCH	oklch(73.21% 0.153 155.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.7503, 42.1417, 26.5117)
Luminance	0.4214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C47E #C44288

analogous

#47C442 #42C47E #42C4BF

triadic

#42C47E #7E42C4 #C47E42

tetradic

#42C47E #4247C4 #C44288 #C4BF42

square

#42C47E #4247C4 #C44288 #C4BF42

split-complementary

#42C47E #BF42C4 #C44247

monochromatic

#216A43 #309960 #42C47E #71D39E #9FE1BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#42C47E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#42C47E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C47E

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C47E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C47E	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B579

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A983

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c47e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 196, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.153 155.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d7a4',
    500: '#42c47e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c47e;
$custom-light: #85d7a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c47e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 147.692,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73206,
    "c": 0.15263,
    "h": 155.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C47E

secondary

#CE94B3

accent

#4C99DC

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C140F

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C47E

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

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