#42CA69#42CA69

#42CA69 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.180 H 149.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CA69
RGB	rgb(66, 202, 105)
HSL	hsl(137, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(137, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 48%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.51, -57.27, 37.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.51, 68.64, 146.55°)
OKLab	oklab(74.37% -0.1543 0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(74.37% 0.18 149.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.9151, 44.4165, 20.5693)
Luminance	0.4442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CA69 #CA42A3

analogous

#5FCA42 #42CA69 #42CAAD

triadic

#42CA69 #6942CA #CA6942

tetradic

#42CA69 #425FCA #CA42A3 #CAAD42

square

#42CA69 #425FCA #CA42A3 #CAAD42

split-complementary

#42CA69 #AD42CA #CA425F

monochromatic

#207237 #2DA24F #42CA69 #72D78F #A2E5B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#42CA69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#42CA69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CA69

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CA69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CA69	1.00	2.12	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB961

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAD70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ca69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 202, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.180 149.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86db95',
    500: '#42ca69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ca69;
$custom-light: #86db95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ca69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 137.206,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74365,
    "c": 0.17977,
    "h": 149.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CA69

secondary

#D196C0

accent

#48B4DF

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FBF2

border

#CBD4CC

text

#0D150D

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CA69

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

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