#42D986#42D986

#42D986 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.173 H 154.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D986
RGB	rgb(66, 217, 134)
HSL	hsl(147, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(147, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 38.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.58, -57.86, 29.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.58, 65.05, 152.81°)
OKLab	oklab(78.69% -0.1563 0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(78.69% 0.173 154.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.3599, 52.5017, 31.0307)
Luminance	0.5251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D986 #D94295

analogous

#49D942 #42D986 #42D9D2

triadic

#42D986 #8642D9 #D98642

tetradic

#42D986 #4249D9 #D94295 #D9D242

square

#42D986 #4249D9 #D94295 #D9D242

split-complementary

#42D986 #D242D9 #D94249

monochromatic

#1B864B #25B968 #42D986 #75E3A7 #A8EDC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#42D986 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#42D986 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D986

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D986	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D986	1.00	1.83	11.50	11.50
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C880

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6BA8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d986;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 217, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.173 154.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e6aa',
    500: '#42d986',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d986;
$custom-light: #89e6aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d986",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 147.02,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78692,
    "c": 0.17301,
    "h": 154.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D986

secondary

#8C3364

accent

#3E9CE9

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF7

border

#CED5D0

text

#0D1610

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D986

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

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