#42C869#42C869

#42C869 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.177 H 149.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C869
RGB	rgb(66, 200, 105)
HSL	hsl(137, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(137, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 47.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.88, -56.54, 37.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.88, 67.60, 146.76°)
OKLab	oklab(73.85% -0.1524 0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(73.85% 0.177 149.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.4489, 43.4840, 20.4139)
Luminance	0.4349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C869 #C842A1

analogous

#5EC842 #42C869 #42C8AC

triadic

#42C869 #6942C8 #C86942

tetradic

#42C869 #425EC8 #C842A1 #C8AC42

square

#42C869 #425EC8 #C842A1 #C8AC42

split-complementary

#42C869 #AC42C8 #C8425E

monochromatic

#206F37 #2E9F4F #42C869 #71D68F #A1E4B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#42C869 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#42C869 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C869

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C869	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C869	1.00	2.17	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B761

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AC70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c869;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 200, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.177 149.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86da95',
    500: '#42c869',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c869;
$custom-light: #86da95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c869",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 137.463,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7385,
    "c": 0.17718,
    "h": 149.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C869

secondary

#D096BF

accent

#4AB3DE

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FBF2

border

#CBD4CC

text

#0C150D

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C869

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

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