#42D189#42D189

#42D189 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.160 H 156.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D189
RGB	rgb(66, 209, 137)
HSL	hsl(150, 61%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(150, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 0%, 34.4%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.18, -54.25, 24.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.18, 59.72, 155.29°)
OKLab	oklab(76.73% -0.1471 0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(76.73% 0.16 156.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.5598, 48.5620, 31.4776)
Luminance	0.4857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D189 #D1428A

analogous

#43D142 #42D189 #42D1D0

triadic

#42D189 #8942D1 #D18942

tetradic

#42D189 #4243D1 #D1428A #D1D042

square

#42D189 #4243D1 #D1428A #D1D042

split-complementary

#42D189 #D042D1 #D14243

monochromatic

#1E7B4C #2AAC6A #42D189 #73DDA8 #A4E9C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#42D189 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#42D189 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D189

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D189	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D189	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0C184

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB48E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d189;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 209, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.160 156.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87e0ac',
    500: '#42d189',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d189;
$custom-light: #87e0ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d189",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 149.79,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76732,
    "c": 0.15992,
    "h": 156.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D189

secondary

#D699B8

accent

#4494E4

background

#F9FDFA

surface

#F1FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0D1510

muted

#7E837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D189

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

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