#42C480#42C480

#42C480 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.151 H 156.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C480
RGB	rgb(66, 196, 128)
HSL	hsl(149, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(149, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 0%, 34.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.00, -50.94, 24.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.00, 56.33, 154.73°)
OKLab	oklab(73.25% -0.1381 0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(73.25% 0.151 156.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.8806, 42.1938, 27.1982)
Luminance	0.4220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C480 #C44286

analogous

#45C442 #42C480 #42C4C1

triadic

#42C480 #8042C4 #C48042

tetradic

#42C480 #4245C4 #C44286 #C4C142

square

#42C480 #4245C4 #C44286 #C4C142

split-complementary

#42C480 #C142C4 #C44245

monochromatic

#216A44 #309962 #42C480 #71D39F #9FE1BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#42C480 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#42C480 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C480

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C480	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C480	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B57C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A984

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c480;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 196, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.151 156.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d7a5',
    500: '#42c480',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c480;
$custom-light: #85d7a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c480",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 148.615,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73247,
    "c": 0.1508,
    "h": 156.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C480

secondary

#CE94B2

accent

#4C97DC

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C140F

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C480

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

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