#42C665#42C665

#42C665 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.178 H 148.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C665
RGB	rgb(66, 198, 101)
HSL	hsl(136, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(136, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 49%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.20, -56.42, 38.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.20, 68.13, 145.91°)
OKLab	oklab(73.27% -0.1521 0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(73.27% 0.178 148.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.7880, 42.4834, 19.2032)
Luminance	0.4249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C665 #C642A3

analogous

#61C642 #42C665 #42C6A7

triadic

#42C665 #6542C6 #C66542

tetradic

#42C665 #4261C6 #C642A3 #C6A742

square

#42C665 #4261C6 #C642A3 #C6A742

split-complementary

#42C665 #A742C6 #C64261

monochromatic

#216D35 #2F9C4C #42C665 #71D48B #A0E2B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#42C665 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#42C665 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C665

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C665	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C665	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B55D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AA6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#06C2AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c665;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 198, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.178 148.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d892',
    500: '#42c665',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c665;
$custom-light: #86d892;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c665",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 135.909,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73272,
    "c": 0.17818,
    "h": 148.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C665

secondary

#CF95C0

accent

#4BB6DD

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FAF1

border

#CBD3CB

text

#0C150D

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C665

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

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