#42CA80#42CA80

#42CA80 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.159 H 155.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CA80
RGB	rgb(66, 202, 128)
HSL	hsl(147, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(147, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 36.6%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.86, -53.29, 26.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.86, 59.53, 153.52°)
OKLab	oklab(74.78% -0.1442 0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(74.78% 0.159 155.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.2611, 44.9549, 27.6583)
Luminance	0.4496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CA80 #CA428C

analogous

#48CA42 #42CA80 #42CAC4

triadic

#42CA80 #8042CA #CA8042

tetradic

#42CA80 #4248CA #CA428C #CAC442

square

#42CA80 #4248CA #CA428C #CAC442

split-complementary

#42CA80 #C442CA #CA4248

monochromatic

#207245 #2DA262 #42CA80 #72D7A0 #A2E5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#42CA80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#42CA80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CA80

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CA80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CA80	1.00	2.10	9.99	9.99
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9BA7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AE85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ca80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 202, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.159 155.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86dba5',
    500: '#42ca80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ca80;
$custom-light: #86dba5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ca80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 147.353,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74775,
    "c": 0.15879,
    "h": 155.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CA80

secondary

#D196B7

accent

#489BDF

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0C150F

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CA80

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

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