#42CE79#42CE79

#42CE79 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.170 H 152.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CE79
RGB	rgb(66, 206, 121)
HSL	hsl(144, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(144, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 41.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.98, -56.09, 31.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.98, 64.41, 150.56°)
OKLab	oklab(75.66% -0.1513 0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(75.66% 0.17 152.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.7669, 46.6783, 25.6319)
Luminance	0.4668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CE79 #CE4297

analogous

#51CE42 #42CE79 #42CEBF

triadic

#42CE79 #7942CE #CE7942

tetradic

#42CE79 #4251CE #CE4297 #CEBF42

square

#42CE79 #4251CE #CE4297 #CEBF42

split-complementary

#42CE79 #BF42CE #CE4251

monochromatic

#1F7741 #2BA75C #42CE79 #73DB9B #A3E7BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#42CE79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#42CE79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CE79

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CE79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CE79	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEBD73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB17F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ce79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 206, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.170 152.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dea0',
    500: '#42ce79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ce79;
$custom-light: #87dea0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ce79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 143.571,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7566,
    "c": 0.17046,
    "h": 152.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CE79

secondary

#D498BC

accent

#46A5E2

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FBF2

border

#CBD4CC

text

#0D150F

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CE79

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

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