#42C969#42C969

#42C969 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.178 H 149.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C969
RGB	rgb(66, 201, 105)
HSL	hsl(137, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(137, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 0%, 47.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.19, -56.90, 37.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.19, 68.12, 146.65°)
OKLab	oklab(74.11% -0.1534 0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(74.11% 0.178 149.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.6812, 43.9487, 20.4914)
Luminance	0.4395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C969 #C942A2

analogous

#5FC942 #42C969 #42C9AC

triadic

#42C969 #6942C9 #C96942

tetradic

#42C969 #425FC9 #C942A2 #C9AC42

square

#42C969 #425FC9 #C942A2 #C9AC42

split-complementary

#42C969 #AC42C9 #C9425F

monochromatic

#207037 #2EA04F #42C969 #72D78F #A1E4B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#42C969 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#42C969 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C969

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C969	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C969	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)

#CBB861

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAC70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c969;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 201, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.178 149.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86da95',
    500: '#42c969',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c969;
$custom-light: #86da95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c969",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 137.333,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74107,
    "c": 0.17847,
    "h": 149.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C969

secondary

#D196C0

accent

#49B4DF

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FBF2

border

#CBD4CC

text

#0C150D

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C969

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

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