#42C868#42C868

#42C868 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.178 H 149.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C868
RGB	rgb(66, 200, 104)
HSL	hsl(137, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(137, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 48%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.87, -56.69, 37.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.87, 67.99, 146.49°)
OKLab	oklab(73.83% -0.1528 0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(73.83% 0.178 149.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.3978, 43.4636, 20.1448)
Luminance	0.4347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C868 #C842A2

analogous

#5FC842 #42C868 #42C8AB

triadic

#42C868 #6842C8 #C86842

tetradic

#42C868 #425FC8 #C842A2 #C8AB42

square

#42C868 #425FC8 #C842A2 #C8AB42

split-complementary

#42C868 #AB42C8 #C8425F

monochromatic

#206F37 #2E9F4E #42C868 #71D68E #A1E4B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#42C868 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#42C868 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C868

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C868	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C868	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB760

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AC6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c868;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 200, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.178 149.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86da95',
    500: '#42c868',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c868;
$custom-light: #86da95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c868",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 137.015,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73834,
    "c": 0.17808,
    "h": 149.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C868

secondary

#D096C0

accent

#4AB4DE

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FBF2

border

#CBD4CC

text

#0C150D

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C868

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

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