#42C97E#42C97E

#42C97E is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.159 H 154.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C97E
RGB	rgb(66, 201, 126)
HSL	hsl(147, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(147, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 0%, 37.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.52, -53.28, 27.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.52, 59.79, 153.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.48% -0.1441 0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(74.48% 0.159 154.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.8969, 44.4350, 26.8939)
Luminance	0.4444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C97E #C9428D

analogous

#49C942 #42C97E #42C9C2

triadic

#42C97E #7E42C9 #C97E42

tetradic

#42C97E #4249C9 #C9428D #C9C242

square

#42C97E #4249C9 #C9428D #C9C242

split-complementary

#42C97E #C242C9 #C94249

monochromatic

#207044 #2EA061 #42C97E #72D79E #A1E4BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#42C97E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#42C97E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C97E

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C97E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C97E	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B979

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AD83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c97e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 201, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.159 154.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86daa4',
    500: '#42c97e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c97e;
$custom-light: #86daa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c97e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 146.667,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7448,
    "c": 0.15929,
    "h": 154.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C97E

secondary

#D196B7

accent

#499CDF

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0C150F

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C97E

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

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