#42C980#42C980

#42C980 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.157 H 155.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C980
RGB	rgb(66, 201, 128)
HSL	hsl(148, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(148, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 0%, 36.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.55, -52.90, 26.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.55, 59.00, 153.71°)
OKLab	oklab(74.52% -0.1432 0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(74.52% 0.157 155.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.0273, 44.4871, 27.5804)
Luminance	0.4449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C980 #C9428B

analogous

#47C942 #42C980 #42C9C4

triadic

#42C980 #8042C9 #C98042

tetradic

#42C980 #4247C9 #C9428B #C9C442

square

#42C980 #4247C9 #C9428B #C9C442

split-complementary

#42C980 #C442C9 #C94247

monochromatic

#207045 #2EA062 #42C980 #72D7A0 #A1E4C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#42C980 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#42C980 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C980

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C980	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C980	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B97B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AD85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c980;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 201, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.157 155.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86daa5',
    500: '#42c980',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c980;
$custom-light: #86daa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c980",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 147.556,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7452,
    "c": 0.15747,
    "h": 155.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C980

secondary

#D196B6

accent

#499ADF

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0C150F

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C980

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

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