#42C982#42C982

#42C982 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.156 H 156.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C982
RGB	rgb(66, 201, 130)
HSL	hsl(148, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(148, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 0%, 35.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.59, -52.51, 25.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.59, 58.22, 154.42°)
OKLab	oklab(74.56% -0.1423 0.0632)
OKLCH	oklch(74.56% 0.156 156.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.1602, 44.5403, 28.2805)
Luminance	0.4454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C982 #C94289

analogous

#46C942 #42C982 #42C9C5

triadic

#42C982 #8242C9 #C98242

tetradic

#42C982 #4246C9 #C94289 #C9C542

square

#42C982 #4246C9 #C94289 #C9C542

split-complementary

#42C982 #C542C9 #C94246

monochromatic

#207046 #2EA064 #42C982 #72D7A1 #A1E4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#42C982 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#42C982 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C982

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C982	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C982	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B97D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AD87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c982;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 201, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.156 156.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86daa6',
    500: '#42c982',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c982;
$custom-light: #86daa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c982",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 148.444,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74561,
    "c": 0.15566,
    "h": 156.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C982

secondary

#D196B5

accent

#4998DF

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0C150F

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C982

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

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