#42C96F#42C96F

#42C96F is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.173 H 150.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C96F
RGB	rgb(66, 201, 111)
HSL	hsl(140, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(140, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 0%, 44.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.28, -55.94, 34.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.28, 65.74, 148.31°)
OKLab	oklab(74.21% -0.1508 0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(74.21% 0.173 150.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.0006, 44.0764, 22.1732)
Luminance	0.4408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C96F #C9429C

analogous

#58C942 #42C96F #42C9B3

triadic

#42C96F #6F42C9 #C96F42

tetradic

#42C96F #4258C9 #C9429C #C9B342

square

#42C96F #4258C9 #C9429C #C9B342

split-complementary

#42C96F #B342C9 #C94258

monochromatic

#20703B #2EA054 #42C96F #72D793 #A1E4B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#42C96F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#42C96F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C96F

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C96F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C96F	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB868

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AD75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c96f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 201, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.173 150.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86da99',
    500: '#42c96f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c96f;
$custom-light: #86da99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c96f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 140,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74206,
    "c": 0.17304,
    "h": 150.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C96F

secondary

#D196BD

accent

#49ADDF

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FBF2

border

#CBD4CC

text

#0C150E

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C96F

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

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