#42C681#42C681

#42C681 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.153 H 156.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C681
RGB	rgb(66, 198, 129)
HSL	hsl(149, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(149, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 34.8%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.64, -51.53, 24.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.64, 57.01, 154.68°)
OKLab	oklab(73.78% -0.1397 0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(73.78% 0.153 156.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.4009, 43.1285, 27.6979)
Luminance	0.4313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C681 #C64287

analogous

#45C642 #42C681 #42C6C3

triadic

#42C681 #8142C6 #C68142

tetradic

#42C681 #4245C6 #C64287 #C6C342

square

#42C681 #4245C6 #C64287 #C6C342

split-complementary

#42C681 #C342C6 #C64245

monochromatic

#216D45 #2F9C63 #42C681 #71D4A0 #A0E2C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#42C681 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#42C681 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C681

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C681	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C681	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B77D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AB85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c681;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 198, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.153 156.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d8a6',
    500: '#42c681',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c681;
$custom-light: #85d8a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c681",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 148.636,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73777,
    "c": 0.15257,
    "h": 156.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C681

secondary

#CF95B3

accent

#4B97DD

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C150F

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C681

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

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