#42D169#42D169

#42D169 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.189 H 148.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D169
RGB	rgb(66, 209, 105)
HSL	hsl(136, 61%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(136, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 0%, 49.8%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.68, -59.80, 40.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.68, 72.26, 145.85°)
OKLab	oklab(76.16% -0.1611 0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(76.16% 0.189 148.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.5949, 47.7761, 21.1293)
Luminance	0.4778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D169 #D142AA

analogous

#63D142 #42D169 #42D1B1

triadic

#42D169 #6942D1 #D16942

tetradic

#42D169 #4263D1 #D142AA #D1B142

square

#42D169 #4263D1 #D142AA #D1B142

split-complementary

#42D169 #B142D1 #D14263

monochromatic

#1E7B37 #2AAC4D #42D169 #73DD90 #A4E9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#42D169 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#42D169 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D169

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D169	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D169	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BF60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B371

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d169;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 209, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.189 148.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88e096',
    500: '#42d169',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d169;
$custom-light: #88e096;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d169",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 136.364,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76162,
    "c": 0.18873,
    "h": 148.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D169

secondary

#D699C5

accent

#44B8E4

background

#F9FDF9

surface

#F1FBF2

border

#CBD4CC

text

#0D150D

muted

#7E837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D169

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

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