#42C96D#42C96D

#42C96D is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.175 H 150.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C96D
RGB	rgb(66, 201, 109)
HSL	hsl(139, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(139, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 0%, 45.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.25, -56.27, 35.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.25, 66.54, 147.74°)
OKLab	oklab(74.17% -0.1516 0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(74.17% 0.175 150.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.8917, 44.0329, 21.5997)
Luminance	0.4404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C96D #C9429E

analogous

#5BC942 #42C96D #42C9B1

triadic

#42C96D #6D42C9 #C96D42

tetradic

#42C96D #425BC9 #C9429E #C9B142

square

#42C96D #425BC9 #C9429E #C9B142

split-complementary

#42C96D #B142C9 #C9425B

monochromatic

#20703A #2EA052 #42C96D #72D792 #A1E4B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#42C96D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#42C96D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C96D

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C96D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C96D	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB866

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AD73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c96d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 201, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.175 150.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86da98',
    500: '#42c96d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c96d;
$custom-light: #86da98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c96d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 139.111,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74172,
    "c": 0.17485,
    "h": 150.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C96D

secondary

#D196BE

accent

#49AFDF

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FBF2

border

#CBD4CC

text

#0C150E

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C96D

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

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