#42CA7E#42CA7E

#42CA7E is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.161 H 154.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CA7E
RGB	rgb(66, 202, 126)
HSL	hsl(146, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(146, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 37.6%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.83, -53.66, 27.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.83, 60.32, 152.83°)
OKLab	oklab(74.74% -0.1451 0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(74.74% 0.161 154.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.1308, 44.9027, 26.9719)
Luminance	0.4491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CA7E #CA428E

analogous

#4ACA42 #42CA7E #42CAC2

triadic

#42CA7E #7E42CA #CA7E42

tetradic

#42CA7E #424ACA #CA428E #CAC242

square

#42CA7E #424ACA #CA428E #CAC242

split-complementary

#42CA7E #C242CA #CA424A

monochromatic

#207244 #2DA261 #42CA7E #72D79F #A2E5BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#42CA7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#42CA7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CA7E

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CA7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CA7E	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9BA79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AE83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ca7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 202, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.161 154.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86dba4',
    500: '#42ca7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ca7e;
$custom-light: #86dba4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ca7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 146.471,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74735,
    "c": 0.16062,
    "h": 154.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CA7E

secondary

#D196B7

accent

#489DDF

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0C150F

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CA7E

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

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