#42CA79#42CA79

#42CA79 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.165 H 153.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CA79
RGB	rgb(66, 202, 121)
HSL	hsl(144, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(144, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 40.1%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.74, -54.58, 30.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.74, 62.30, 151.18°)
OKLab	oklab(74.64% -0.1474 0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(74.64% 0.165 153.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.8162, 44.7769, 25.3150)
Luminance	0.4478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CA79 #CA4293

analogous

#4FCA42 #42CA79 #42CABD

triadic

#42CA79 #7942CA #CA7942

tetradic

#42CA79 #424FCA #CA4293 #CABD42

square

#42CA79 #424FCA #CA4293 #CABD42

split-complementary

#42CA79 #BD42CA #CA424F

monochromatic

#207241 #2DA25C #42CA79 #72D79B #A2E5BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#42CA79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#42CA79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CA79

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CA79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CA79	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CABA73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AE7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ca79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 202, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.165 153.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86dba0',
    500: '#42ca79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ca79;
$custom-light: #86dba0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ca79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 144.265,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74639,
    "c": 0.16519,
    "h": 153.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CA79

secondary

#D196BA

accent

#48A2DF

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FBF2

border

#CBD4CC

text

#0C150F

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CA79

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

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