#42CC79#42CC79

#42CC79 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.168 H 152.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CC79
RGB	rgb(66, 204, 121)
HSL	hsl(144, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(144, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 40.7%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.36, -55.34, 30.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.36, 63.36, 150.87°)
OKLab	oklab(75.15% -0.1493 0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(75.15% 0.168 152.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.2885, 45.7215, 25.4724)
Luminance	0.4572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CC79 #CC4295

analogous

#50CC42 #42CC79 #42CCBE

triadic

#42CC79 #7942CC #CC7942

tetradic

#42CC79 #4250CC #CC4295 #CCBE42

square

#42CC79 #4250CC #CC4295 #CCBE42

split-complementary

#42CC79 #BE42CC #CC4250

monochromatic

#1F7441 #2CA45C #42CC79 #72D99B #A2E6BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#42CC79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#42CC79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CC79

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CC79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CC79	1.00	2.07	10.14	10.14
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCBC73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAF7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cc79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 204, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.168 152.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dda0',
    500: '#42cc79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cc79;
$custom-light: #87dda0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cc79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 143.913,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7515,
    "c": 0.16783,
    "h": 152.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CC79

secondary

#D397BB

accent

#47A3E1

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FBF2

border

#CBD4CC

text

#0D150F

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CC79

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

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