#42C96B#42C96B

#42C96B is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.177 H 149.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C96B
RGB	rgb(66, 201, 107)
HSL	hsl(138, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(138, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 0%, 46.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.22, -56.59, 36.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.22, 67.33, 147.19°)
OKLab	oklab(74.14% -0.1525 0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(74.14% 0.177 149.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.7852, 43.9903, 21.0391)
Luminance	0.4399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C96B #C942A0

analogous

#5DC942 #42C96B #42C9AE

triadic

#42C96B #6B42C9 #C96B42

tetradic

#42C96B #425DC9 #C942A0 #C9AE42

square

#42C96B #425DC9 #C942A0 #C9AE42

split-complementary

#42C96B #AE42C9 #C9425D

monochromatic

#207039 #2EA050 #42C96B #72D790 #A1E4B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#42C96B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#42C96B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C96B

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C96B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C96B	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)

#CAB864

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAC72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c96b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 201, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.177 149.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86da97',
    500: '#42c96b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c96b;
$custom-light: #86da97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c96b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 138.222,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74139,
    "c": 0.17667,
    "h": 149.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C96B

secondary

#D196BF

accent

#49B1DF

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FBF2

border

#CBD4CC

text

#0C150D

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C96B

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

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