#42CC6A#42CC6A

#42CC6A is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.181 H 149.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CC6A
RGB	rgb(66, 204, 106)
HSL	hsl(137, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(137, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 48%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.14, -57.84, 38.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.14, 69.29, 146.60°)
OKLab	oklab(74.89% -0.1559 0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(74.89% 0.181 149.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.4391, 45.3817, 20.9991)
Luminance	0.4538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CC6A #CC42A4

analogous

#5FCC42 #42CC6A #42CCAF

triadic

#42CC6A #6A42CC #CC6A42

tetradic

#42CC6A #425FCC #CC42A4 #CCAF42

square

#42CC6A #425FCC #CC42A4 #CCAF42

split-complementary

#42CC6A #AF42CC #CC425F

monochromatic

#1F7438 #2CA44F #42CC6A #72D990 #A2E6B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#42CC6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#42CC6A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CC6A

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CC6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CC6A	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEBB62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAF71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cc6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 204, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.181 149.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dd96',
    500: '#42cc6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cc6a;
$custom-light: #87dd96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cc6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 137.391,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74894,
    "c": 0.18145,
    "h": 149.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CC6A

secondary

#D397C1

accent

#47B4E1

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FBF2

border

#CBD4CC

text

#0D150D

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CC6A

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

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