#42D179#42D179

#42D179 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.174 H 152.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42D179
RGBrgb(66, 209, 121)
HSLhsl(143, 61%, 54%)
HSVhsv(143, 68%, 82%)
CMYKcmyk(68.4%, 0%, 42.1%, 18%)
CIE-LABlab(74.91, -57.21, 32.86)
CIE-LCHlch(74.91, 65.98, 150.13°)
OKLaboklab(76.42% -0.1543 0.0813)
OKLCHoklch(76.42% 0.174 152.2)
XYZxyz(28.4960, 48.1365, 25.8750)
Luminance0.4814 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42D179 #D1429A
analogous
#53D142 #42D179 #42D1C1
triadic
#42D179 #7942D1 #D17942
tetradic
#42D179 #4253D1 #D1429A #D1C142
square
#42D179 #4253D1 #D1429A #D1C142
split-complementary
#42D179 #C142D1 #D14253
monochromatic
#1E7B42 #2AAC5C #42D179 #73DD9C #A4E9BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98
#42D179 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63
#42D179 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D179
10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42D179#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42D1791.001.9810.6310.63
#FFFFFF1.981.0021.0021.00
#00000010.6321.001.001.00
##00000010.6321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D1C073
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C0B37F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00CEBB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42d179;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 209, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.174 152.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88e0a0',
    500: '#42d179',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42d179;
$custom-light: #88e0a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42d179",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 143.077,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76424,
    "c": 0.17437,
    "h": 152.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42D179
secondary
#D699BE
accent
#44A6E4
background
#F9FDF9
surface
#F1FBF2
border
#CBD4CC
text
#0D150F
muted
#7E837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D179

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#42D179 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva