#42C880#42C880

#42C880 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.156 H 155.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C880
RGB	rgb(66, 200, 128)
HSL	hsl(148, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(148, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 36%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.24, -52.51, 25.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.24, 58.47, 153.91°)
OKLab	oklab(74.27% -0.1422 0.0645)
OKLCH	oklch(74.27% 0.156 155.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.7949, 44.0224, 27.5029)
Luminance	0.4402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C880 #C8428A

analogous

#47C842 #42C880 #42C8C3

triadic

#42C880 #8042C8 #C88042

tetradic

#42C880 #4247C8 #C8428A #C8C342

square

#42C880 #4247C8 #C8428A #C8C342

split-complementary

#42C880 #C342C8 #C84247

monochromatic

#206F45 #2E9F62 #42C880 #71D6A0 #A1E4C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#42C880 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#42C880 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C880

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C880	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C880	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B87B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6AC85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c880;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 200, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.156 155.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86daa5',
    500: '#42c880',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c880;
$custom-light: #86daa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c880",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 147.761,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74266,
    "c": 0.15615,
    "h": 155.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C880

secondary

#D096B5

accent

#4A99DE

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0C150F

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C880

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

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