#42CA6F#42CA6F

#42CA6F is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.174 H 150.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CA6F
RGB	rgb(66, 202, 111)
HSL	hsl(140, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(140, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 45%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.59, -56.31, 34.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.59, 66.27, 148.18°)
OKLab	oklab(74.46% -0.1518 0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(74.46% 0.174 150.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.2344, 44.5442, 22.2511)
Luminance	0.4455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CA6F #CA429D

analogous

#59CA42 #42CA6F #42CAB3

triadic

#42CA6F #6F42CA #CA6F42

tetradic

#42CA6F #4259CA #CA429D #CAB342

square

#42CA6F #4259CA #CA429D #CAB342

split-complementary

#42CA6F #B342CA #CA4259

monochromatic

#20723B #2DA254 #42CA6F #72D793 #A2E5B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#42CA6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#42CA6F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CA6F

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CA6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CA6F	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)

#CBB968

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAD75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ca6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 202, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.174 150.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86db99',
    500: '#42ca6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ca6f;
$custom-light: #86db99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ca6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 139.853,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74462,
    "c": 0.17434,
    "h": 150.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CA6F

secondary

#D196BE

accent

#48ADDF

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FBF2

border

#CBD4CC

text

#0C150E

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CA6F

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

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