#42D87E#42D87E

#42D87E is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.179 H 152.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D87E
RGB	rgb(66, 216, 126)
HSL	hsl(144, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(144, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 0%, 41.7%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.14, -58.93, 33.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.14, 67.65, 150.58°)
OKLab	oklab(78.29% -0.1589 0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(78.29% 0.179 152.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.5659, 51.7729, 28.1169)
Luminance	0.5178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D87E #D8429C

analogous

#51D842 #42D87E #42D8C9

triadic

#42D87E #7E42D8 #D87E42

tetradic

#42D87E #4251D8 #D8429C #D8C942

square

#42D87E #4251D8 #D8429C #D8C942

split-complementary

#42D87E #C942D8 #D84251

monochromatic

#1B8445 #26B760 #42D87E #75E2A1 #A7EDC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#42D87E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#42D87E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D87E

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D87E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D87E	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C678

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B984

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d87e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 216, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.179 152.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e5a4',
    500: '#42d87e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d87e;
$custom-light: #89e5a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d87e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 144,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78292,
    "c": 0.17892,
    "h": 152.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D87E

secondary

#8B3368

accent

#3FA5E9

background

#FCFEFC

surface

#F4FCF6

border

#CED5D0

text

#0D160F

muted

#7F8480

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D87E

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

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