#42CB69#42CB69

#42CB69 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.181 H 149.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CB69
RGB	rgb(66, 203, 105)
HSL	hsl(137, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(137, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 0%, 48.3%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.82, -57.63, 38.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.82, 69.16, 146.44°)
OKLab	oklab(74.62% -0.1553 0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(74.62% 0.181 149.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.1505, 44.8872, 20.6478)
Luminance	0.4489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CB69 #CB42A4

analogous

#60CB42 #42CB69 #42CBAD

triadic

#42CB69 #6942CB #CB6942

tetradic

#42CB69 #4260CB #CB42A4 #CBAD42

square

#42CB69 #4260CB #CB42A4 #CBAD42

split-complementary

#42CB69 #AD42CB #CB4260

monochromatic

#207337 #2DA34E #42CB69 #72D88F #A2E5B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#42CB69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#42CB69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CB69

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CB69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CB69	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)

#CDBA61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAE70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cb69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 203, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.181 149.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dc95',
    500: '#42cb69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cb69;
$custom-light: #87dc95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cb69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 137.08,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74622,
    "c": 0.18106,
    "h": 149.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CB69

secondary

#D297C1

accent

#48B5E0

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FBF2

border

#CBD4CC

text

#0D150D

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CB69

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

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