#42C97D#42C97D

#42C97D is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.160 H 154.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C97D
RGB	rgb(66, 201, 125)
HSL	hsl(146, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(146, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 0%, 37.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.50, -53.47, 27.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.50, 60.18, 152.67°)
OKLab	oklab(74.46% -0.1446 0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(74.46% 0.16 154.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.8327, 44.4093, 26.5558)
Luminance	0.4441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C97D #C9428E

analogous

#4BC942 #42C97D #42C9C1

triadic

#42C97D #7D42C9 #C97D42

tetradic

#42C97D #424BC9 #C9428E #C9C142

square

#42C97D #424BC9 #C9428E #C9C142

split-complementary

#42C97D #C142C9 #C9424B

monochromatic

#207043 #2EA060 #42C97D #72D79E #A1E4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#42C97D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#42C97D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C97D

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C97D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C97D	1.00	2.12	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.12	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)

#C9B978

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AD82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c97d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 201, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.160 154.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86daa3',
    500: '#42c97d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c97d;
$custom-light: #86daa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c97d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 146.222,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74461,
    "c": 0.16021,
    "h": 154.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C97D

secondary

#D196B7

accent

#499DDF

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0C150F

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C97D

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

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