#42C968#42C968

#42C968 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.179 H 149.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C968
RGB	rgb(66, 201, 104)
HSL	hsl(137, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(137, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 0%, 48.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.18, -57.06, 37.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.18, 68.51, 146.39°)
OKLab	oklab(74.09% -0.1538 0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(74.09% 0.179 149)
XYZ	xyz(25.6301, 43.9283, 20.2223)
Luminance	0.4393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C968 #C942A3

analogous

#5FC942 #42C968 #42C9AC

triadic

#42C968 #6842C9 #C96842

tetradic

#42C968 #425FC9 #C942A3 #C9AC42

square

#42C968 #425FC9 #C942A3 #C9AC42

split-complementary

#42C968 #AC42C9 #C9425F

monochromatic

#207037 #2EA04E #42C968 #72D78E #A1E4B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#42C968 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#42C968 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C968

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C968	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C968	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)

#CBB860

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAC6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c968;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 201, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.179 149.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86da95',
    500: '#42c968',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c968;
$custom-light: #86da95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c968",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 136.889,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74092,
    "c": 0.17937,
    "h": 149
  },
  "luminance": 0.43931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C968

secondary

#D196C0

accent

#49B5DF

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FBF2

border

#CBD4CC

text

#0C150D

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C968

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

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