#42CE87#42CE87

#42CE87 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.158 H 156.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CE87
RGB	rgb(66, 206, 135)
HSL	hsl(150, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(150, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 34.5%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.22, -53.48, 24.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.22, 58.91, 155.20°)
OKLab	oklab(75.93% -0.145 0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(75.93% 0.158 156.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.6886, 47.0470, 30.4860)
Luminance	0.4705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CE87 #CE4289

analogous

#43CE42 #42CE87 #42CECD

triadic

#42CE87 #8742CE #CE8742

tetradic

#42CE87 #4243CE #CE4289 #CECD42

square

#42CE87 #4243CE #CE4289 #CECD42

split-complementary

#42CE87 #CD42CE #CE4243

monochromatic

#1F774A #2BA769 #42CE87 #73DBA6 #A3E7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#42CE87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#42CE87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CE87

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CE87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CE87	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDBE82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB18C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ce87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 206, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.158 156.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87deaa',
    500: '#42ce87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ce87;
$custom-light: #87deaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ce87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 149.571,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75932,
    "c": 0.15777,
    "h": 156.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CE87

secondary

#D498B6

accent

#4695E2

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0D1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CE87

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

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