#42CC6C#42CC6C

#42CC6C is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.180 H 149.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CC6C
RGB	rgb(66, 204, 108)
HSL	hsl(138, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(138, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 47.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.17, -57.53, 37.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.17, 68.50, 147.12°)
OKLab	oklab(74.93% -0.155 0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(74.93% 0.18 149.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.5443, 45.4238, 21.5532)
Luminance	0.4543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CC6C #CC42A2

analogous

#5DCC42 #42CC6C #42CCB1

triadic

#42CC6C #6C42CC #CC6C42

tetradic

#42CC6C #425DCC #CC42A2 #CCB142

square

#42CC6C #425DCC #CC42A2 #CCB142

split-complementary

#42CC6C #B142CC #CC425D

monochromatic

#1F7439 #2CA451 #42CC6C #72D991 #A2E6B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#42CC6C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09

#42CC6C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CC6C

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CC6C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CC6C	1.00	2.08	10.09	10.09
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDBB64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAF73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cc6c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 204, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.180 149.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dd97',
    500: '#42cc6c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cc6c;
$custom-light: #87dd97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cc6c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 138.261,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74926,
    "c": 0.17966,
    "h": 149.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CC6C

secondary

#D397C1

accent

#47B2E1

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FBF2

border

#CBD4CC

text

#0D150E

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CC6C

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

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