#42C87C#42C87C

#42C87C is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.160 H 154.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C87C
RGB	rgb(66, 200, 124)
HSL	hsl(146, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(146, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 38%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.17, -53.27, 27.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.17, 60.05, 152.51°)
OKLab	oklab(74.19% -0.144 0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(74.19% 0.16 154.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.5368, 43.9192, 26.1436)
Luminance	0.4392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C87C #C8428E

analogous

#4BC842 #42C87C #42C8BF

triadic

#42C87C #7C42C8 #C87C42

tetradic

#42C87C #424BC8 #C8428E #C8BF42

square

#42C87C #424BC8 #C8428E #C8BF42

split-complementary

#42C87C #BF42C8 #C8424B

monochromatic

#206F43 #2E9F5F #42C87C #71D69D #A1E4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#42C87C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#42C87C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C87C

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C87C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C87C	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B877

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AC81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c87c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 200, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.160 154.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86daa2',
    500: '#42c87c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c87c;
$custom-light: #86daa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c87c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 145.97,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74186,
    "c": 0.1598,
    "h": 154.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C87C

secondary

#D096B7

accent

#4A9EDE

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF3

border

#CBD4CD

text

#0C150F

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C87C

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

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