#42CA61#42CA61

#42CA61 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.187 H 147.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CA61
RGB	rgb(66, 202, 97)
HSL	hsl(134, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(134, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 52%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.40, -58.46, 41.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.40, 71.77, 144.54°)
OKLab	oklab(74.25% -0.1576 0.1003)
OKLCH	oklch(74.25% 0.187 147.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.5231, 44.2597, 18.5048)
Luminance	0.4426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CA61 #CA42AB

analogous

#67CA42 #42CA61 #42CAA5

triadic

#42CA61 #6142CA #CA6142

tetradic

#42CA61 #4267CA #CA42AB #CAA542

square

#42CA61 #4267CA #CA42AB #CAA542

split-complementary

#42CA61 #A542CA #CA4267

monochromatic

#207233 #2DA248 #42CA61 #72D789 #A2E5B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#42CA61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#42CA61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CA61

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CA61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CA61	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB958

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAD69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#06C6B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ca61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 202, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.187 147.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87db90',
    500: '#42ca61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ca61;
$custom-light: #87db90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ca61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 133.676,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74245,
    "c": 0.18684,
    "h": 147.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CA61

secondary

#D196C4

accent

#48BDDF

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FBF1

border

#CBD4CB

text

#0D150D

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CA61

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

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