#42C87D#42C87D

#42C87D is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.159 H 154.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C87D
RGB	rgb(66, 200, 125)
HSL	hsl(146, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(146, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 37.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.19, -53.08, 27.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.19, 59.65, 152.85°)
OKLab	oklab(74.21% -0.1435 0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(74.21% 0.159 154.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.6004, 43.9446, 26.4783)
Luminance	0.4395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C87D #C8428D

analogous

#4AC842 #42C87D #42C8C0

triadic

#42C87D #7D42C8 #C87D42

tetradic

#42C87D #424AC8 #C8428D #C8C042

square

#42C87D #424AC8 #C8428D #C8C042

split-complementary

#42C87D #C042C8 #C8424A

monochromatic

#206F43 #2E9F60 #42C87D #71D69E #A1E4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#42C87D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#42C87D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C87D

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C87D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C87D	1.00	2.15	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B878

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6AC82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c87d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 200, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.159 154.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86daa3',
    500: '#42c87d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c87d;
$custom-light: #86daa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c87d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 146.418,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74206,
    "c": 0.15888,
    "h": 154.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C87D

secondary

#D096B6

accent

#4A9DDE

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0C150F

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C87D

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

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