#42C96E#42C96E

#42C96E is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.174 H 150.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C96E
RGB	rgb(66, 201, 110)
HSL	hsl(140, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(140, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 0%, 45.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.26, -56.10, 35.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.26, 66.14, 148.02°)
OKLab	oklab(74.19% -0.1512 0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(74.19% 0.174 150.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.9458, 44.0545, 21.8848)
Luminance	0.4406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C96E #C9429D

analogous

#59C942 #42C96E #42C9B2

triadic

#42C96E #6E42C9 #C96E42

tetradic

#42C96E #4259C9 #C9429D #C9B242

square

#42C96E #4259C9 #C9429D #C9B242

split-complementary

#42C96E #B242C9 #C94259

monochromatic

#20703A #2EA053 #42C96E #72D793 #A1E4B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#42C96E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#42C96E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C96E

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C96E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C96E	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)

#CAB867

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AD74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c96e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 201, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.174 150.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86da99',
    500: '#42c96e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c96e;
$custom-light: #86da99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c96e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 139.556,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74189,
    "c": 0.17394,
    "h": 150.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C96E

secondary

#D196BE

accent

#49AEDF

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FBF2

border

#CBD4CC

text

#0C150E

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C96E

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

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