#42C669#42C669

#42C669 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.175 H 149.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C669
RGB	rgb(66, 198, 105)
HSL	hsl(138, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(138, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 47%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.26, -55.80, 36.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.26, 66.55, 146.98°)
OKLab	oklab(73.33% -0.1504 0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(73.33% 0.175 149.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.9887, 42.5637, 20.2605)
Luminance	0.4257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C669 #C6429F

analogous

#5DC642 #42C669 #42C6AB

triadic

#42C669 #6942C6 #C66942

tetradic

#42C669 #425DC6 #C6429F #C6AB42

square

#42C669 #425DC6 #C6429F #C6AB42

split-complementary

#42C669 #AB42C6 #C6425D

monochromatic

#216D37 #2F9C4F #42C669 #71D48E #A0E2B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#42C669 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#42C669 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C669

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C669	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C669	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B562

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AA6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c669;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 198, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.175 149.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d895',
    500: '#42c669',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c669;
$custom-light: #86d895;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c669",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 137.727,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73335,
    "c": 0.17457,
    "h": 149.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C669

secondary

#CF95BE

accent

#4BB2DD

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FAF2

border

#CBD3CC

text

#0C150D

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C669

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

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