#42C877#42C877

#42C877 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.164 H 152.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C877
RGB	rgb(66, 200, 119)
HSL	hsl(144, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(144, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 40.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.09, -54.18, 30.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.09, 62.03, 150.86°)
OKLab	oklab(74.09% -0.1463 0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(74.09% 0.164 152.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.2286, 43.7959, 24.5204)
Luminance	0.4380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C877 #C84293

analogous

#50C842 #42C877 #42C8BA

triadic

#42C877 #7742C8 #C87742

tetradic

#42C877 #4250C8 #C84293 #C8BA42

square

#42C877 #4250C8 #C84293 #C8BA42

split-complementary

#42C877 #BA42C8 #C84250

monochromatic

#206F40 #2E9F5B #42C877 #71D699 #A1E4BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#42C877 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#42C877 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C877

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C877	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C877	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B871

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AC7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c877;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 200, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.164 152.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86da9f',
    500: '#42c877',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c877;
$custom-light: #86da9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c877",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 143.731,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74091,
    "c": 0.16439,
    "h": 152.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C877

secondary

#D096B9

accent

#4AA3DE

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FBF2

border

#CBD4CC

text

#0C150E

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C877

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →