#42C87E#42C87E

#42C87E is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.158 H 154.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C87E
RGB	rgb(66, 200, 126)
HSL	hsl(147, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(147, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 37%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.21, -52.89, 26.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.21, 59.26, 153.20°)
OKLab	oklab(74.23% -0.1431 0.0669)
OKLCH	oklch(74.23% 0.158 154.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.6646, 43.9703, 26.8165)
Luminance	0.4397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C87E #C8428C

analogous

#49C842 #42C87E #42C8C1

triadic

#42C87E #7E42C8 #C87E42

tetradic

#42C87E #4249C8 #C8428C #C8C142

square

#42C87E #4249C8 #C8428C #C8C142

split-complementary

#42C87E #C142C8 #C84249

monochromatic

#206F44 #2E9F61 #42C87E #71D69E #A1E4BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#42C87E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#42C87E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C87E

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C87E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C87E	1.00	2.14	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.14	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)

#C7B879

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6AC83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c87e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 200, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.158 154.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86daa4',
    500: '#42c87e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c87e;
$custom-light: #86daa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c87e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 146.866,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74226,
    "c": 0.15797,
    "h": 154.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C87E

secondary

#D096B6

accent

#4A9CDE

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0C150F

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C87E

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

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