#42CA6B#42CA6B

#42CA6B is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.178 H 149.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CA6B
RGB	rgb(66, 202, 107)
HSL	hsl(138, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(138, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 47%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.53, -56.96, 36.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.53, 67.85, 147.08°)
OKLab	oklab(74.4% -0.1535 0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(74.4% 0.178 149.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.0191, 44.4581, 21.1171)
Luminance	0.4446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CA6B #CA42A1

analogous

#5DCA42 #42CA6B #42CAAF

triadic

#42CA6B #6B42CA #CA6B42

tetradic

#42CA6B #425DCA #CA42A1 #CAAF42

square

#42CA6B #425DCA #CA42A1 #CAAF42

split-complementary

#42CA6B #AF42CA #CA425D

monochromatic

#207239 #2DA250 #42CA6B #72D790 #A2E5B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#42CA6B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#42CA6B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CA6B

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CA6B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CA6B	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)

#CBB963

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAD72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ca6b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 202, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.178 149.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86db97',
    500: '#42ca6b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ca6b;
$custom-light: #86db97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ca6b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 138.088,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74396,
    "c": 0.17797,
    "h": 149.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CA6B

secondary

#D196C0

accent

#48B2DF

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FBF2

border

#CBD4CC

text

#0C150D

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CA6B

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

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