#42C679#42C679

#42C679 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.160 H 153.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C679
RGB	rgb(66, 198, 121)
HSL	hsl(145, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(145, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 38.9%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.50, -53.05, 28.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.50, 60.17, 151.85°)
OKLab	oklab(73.62% -0.1434 0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(73.62% 0.16 153.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.8898, 42.9241, 25.0062)
Luminance	0.4293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C679 #C6428F

analogous

#4DC642 #42C679 #42C6BB

triadic

#42C679 #7942C6 #C67942

tetradic

#42C679 #424DC6 #C6428F #C6BB42

square

#42C679 #424DC6 #C6428F #C6BB42

split-complementary

#42C679 #BB42C6 #C6424D

monochromatic

#216D40 #2F9C5C #42C679 #71D49A #A0E2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#42C679 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#42C679 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C679

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C679	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C679	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B674

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5AA7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c679;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 198, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.160 153.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d8a0',
    500: '#42c679',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c679;
$custom-light: #85d8a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c679",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 145,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73617,
    "c": 0.15988,
    "h": 153.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C679

secondary

#CF95B7

accent

#4BA0DD

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FAF2

border

#CBD3CC

text

#0C150F

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C679

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

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