#42D879#42D879

#42D879 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.183 H 151.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D879
RGB	rgb(66, 216, 121)
HSL	hsl(142, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(142, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 0%, 44%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.07, -59.78, 35.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.07, 69.61, 149.19°)
OKLab	oklab(78.21% -0.161 0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(78.21% 0.183 151.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.2513, 51.6471, 26.4600)
Luminance	0.5165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D879 #D842A1

analogous

#56D842 #42D879 #42D8C4

triadic

#42D879 #7942D8 #D87942

tetradic

#42D879 #4256D8 #D842A1 #D8C442

square

#42D879 #4256D8 #D842A1 #D8C442

split-complementary

#42D879 #C442D8 #D84256

monochromatic

#1B8442 #26B75B #42D879 #75E29D #A7EDC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#42D879 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#42D879 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D879

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D879	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D879	1.00	1.85	11.33	11.33
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C672

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B980

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d879;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 216, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.183 151.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e5a1',
    500: '#42d879',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d879;
$custom-light: #89e5a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d879",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 142,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78205,
    "c": 0.18341,
    "h": 151.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D879

secondary

#8B336B

accent

#3FABE9

background

#FCFEFC

surface

#F4FCF5

border

#CED5CF

text

#0D160F

muted

#7F8480

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D879

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

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