#42C86C#42C86C

#42C86C is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.174 H 150.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C86C
RGB	rgb(66, 200, 108)
HSL	hsl(139, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(139, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 46%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.92, -56.06, 35.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.92, 66.41, 147.58°)
OKLab	oklab(73.9% -0.1511 0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(73.9% 0.174 150)
XYZ	xyz(25.6058, 43.5468, 21.2404)
Luminance	0.4355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C86C #C8429E

analogous

#5BC842 #42C86C #42C8AF

triadic

#42C86C #6C42C8 #C86C42

tetradic

#42C86C #425BC8 #C8429E #C8AF42

square

#42C86C #425BC8 #C8429E #C8AF42

split-complementary

#42C86C #AF42C8 #C8425B

monochromatic

#206F39 #2E9F51 #42C86C #71D691 #A1E4B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#42C86C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#42C86C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C86C

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C86C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C86C	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B765

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AC72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c86c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 200, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.174 150.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86da97',
    500: '#42c86c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c86c;
$custom-light: #86da97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c86c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 138.806,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73899,
    "c": 0.17446,
    "h": 150
  },
  "luminance": 0.4355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C86C

secondary

#D096BE

accent

#4AB0DE

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FBF2

border

#CBD4CC

text

#0C150D

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C86C

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

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