#42C97C#42C97C

#42C97C is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.161 H 154.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C97C
RGB	rgb(66, 201, 124)
HSL	hsl(146, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(146, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 0%, 38.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.48, -53.65, 28.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.48, 60.58, 152.33°)
OKLab	oklab(74.44% -0.145 0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(74.44% 0.161 154.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.7692, 44.3839, 26.2211)
Luminance	0.4439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C97C #C9428F

analogous

#4BC942 #42C97C #42C9C0

triadic

#42C97C #7C42C9 #C97C42

tetradic

#42C97C #424BC9 #C9428F #C9C042

square

#42C97C #424BC9 #C9428F #C9C042

split-complementary

#42C97C #C042C9 #C9424B

monochromatic

#207043 #2EA05F #42C97C #72D79D #A1E4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#42C97C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#42C97C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C97C

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C97C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C97C	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B977

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AD81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c97c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 201, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.161 154.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86daa2',
    500: '#42c97c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c97c;
$custom-light: #86daa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c97c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 145.778,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74441,
    "c": 0.16112,
    "h": 154.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C97C

secondary

#D196B8

accent

#499EDF

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF3

border

#CBD4CD

text

#0C150F

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C97C

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

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