#42CA81#42CA81

#42CA81 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.158 H 155.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CA81
RGB	rgb(66, 202, 129)
HSL	hsl(148, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(148, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 36.1%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.88, -53.09, 26.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.88, 59.14, 153.87°)
OKLab	oklab(74.8% -0.1437 0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(74.8% 0.158 155.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.3273, 44.9813, 28.0067)
Luminance	0.4498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CA81 #CA428B

analogous

#47CA42 #42CA81 #42CAC5

triadic

#42CA81 #8142CA #CA8142

tetradic

#42CA81 #4247CA #CA428B #CAC542

square

#42CA81 #4247CA #CA428B #CAC542

split-complementary

#42CA81 #C542CA #CA4247

monochromatic

#207246 #2DA263 #42CA81 #72D7A1 #A2E5C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#42CA81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#42CA81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CA81

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CA81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CA81	1.00	2.10	10.00	10.00
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9BA7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AE86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ca81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 202, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.158 155.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86dba6',
    500: '#42ca81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ca81;
$custom-light: #86dba6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ca81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 147.794,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74795,
    "c": 0.15789,
    "h": 155.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CA81

secondary

#D196B6

accent

#4899DF

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0C150F

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CA81

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

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