#42C779#42C779

#42C779 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.161 H 153.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C779
RGB	rgb(66, 199, 121)
HSL	hsl(145, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(145, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 0%, 39.2%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.81, -53.44, 28.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.81, 60.71, 151.68°)
OKLab	oklab(73.87% -0.1444 0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(73.87% 0.161 153.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.1191, 43.3828, 25.0827)
Luminance	0.4339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C779 #C74290

analogous

#4EC742 #42C779 #42C7BC

triadic

#42C779 #7942C7 #C77942

tetradic

#42C779 #424EC7 #C74290 #C7BC42

square

#42C779 #424EC7 #C74290 #C7BC42

split-complementary

#42C779 #BC42C7 #C7424E

monochromatic

#216E41 #2F9D5C #42C779 #71D59A #A0E3BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#42C779 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#42C779 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C779

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C779	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C779	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B774

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6AB7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c779;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 199, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.161 153.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d9a0',
    500: '#42c779',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c779;
$custom-light: #86d9a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c779",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 144.812,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73873,
    "c": 0.16121,
    "h": 153.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C779

secondary

#D095B7

accent

#4AA1DE

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FBF2

border

#CBD4CC

text

#0C150F

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C779

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

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