#42C97F#42C97F

#42C97F is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.158 H 155.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C97F
RGB	rgb(66, 201, 127)
HSL	hsl(147, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(147, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 0%, 36.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.54, -53.09, 26.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.54, 59.40, 153.36°)
OKLab	oklab(74.5% -0.1436 0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(74.5% 0.158 155.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.9618, 44.4609, 27.2355)
Luminance	0.4446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C97F #C9428C

analogous

#48C942 #42C97F #42C9C3

triadic

#42C97F #7F42C9 #C97F42

tetradic

#42C97F #4248C9 #C9428C #C9C342

square

#42C97F #4248C9 #C9428C #C9C342

split-complementary

#42C97F #C342C9 #C94248

monochromatic

#207044 #2EA061 #42C97F #72D79F #A1E4BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#42C97F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#42C97F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C97F

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C97F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C97F	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)

#C8B97A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AD84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c97f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 201, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.158 155.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86daa4',
    500: '#42c97f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c97f;
$custom-light: #86daa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c97f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 147.111,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.745,
    "c": 0.15838,
    "h": 155.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C97F

secondary

#D196B6

accent

#499BDF

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0C150F

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C97F

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

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