#42CB79#42CB79

#42CB79 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.167 H 153.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CB79
RGB	rgb(66, 203, 121)
HSL	hsl(144, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(144, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 0%, 40.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.05, -54.96, 30.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.05, 62.83, 151.03°)
OKLab	oklab(74.9% -0.1484 0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(74.9% 0.167 153)
XYZ	xyz(27.0516, 45.2477, 25.3935)
Luminance	0.4525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CB79 #CB4294

analogous

#4FCB42 #42CB79 #42CBBE

triadic

#42CB79 #7942CB #CB7942

tetradic

#42CB79 #424FCB #CB4294 #CBBE42

square

#42CB79 #424FCB #CB4294 #CBBE42

split-complementary

#42CB79 #BE42CB #CB424F

monochromatic

#207341 #2DA35C #42CB79 #72D89B #A2E5BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#42CB79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#42CB79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CB79

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CB79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CB79	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBBB73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAE7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cb79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 203, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.167 153.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86dca0',
    500: '#42cb79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cb79;
$custom-light: #86dca0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cb79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 144.088,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74895,
    "c": 0.16652,
    "h": 153
  },
  "luminance": 0.45251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CB79

secondary

#D297BA

accent

#48A3E0

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FBF2

border

#CBD4CC

text

#0C150F

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CB79

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

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