#42D987#42D987

#42D987 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.172 H 154.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D987
RGB	rgb(66, 217, 135)
HSL	hsl(147, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(147, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 37.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.60, -57.68, 29.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.60, 64.66, 153.12°)
OKLab	oklab(78.71% -0.1558 0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(78.71% 0.172 154.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.4299, 52.5297, 31.3998)
Luminance	0.5253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D987 #D94294

analogous

#48D942 #42D987 #42D9D2

triadic

#42D987 #8742D9 #D98742

tetradic

#42D987 #4248D9 #D94294 #D9D242

square

#42D987 #4248D9 #D94294 #D9D242

split-complementary

#42D987 #D242D9 #D94248

monochromatic

#1B864C #25B969 #42D987 #75E3A7 #A8EDC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#42D987 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.51

#42D987 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D987

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D987	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D987	1.00	1.83	11.51	11.51
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C881

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6BA8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d987;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 217, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.172 154.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e6aa',
    500: '#42d987',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d987;
$custom-light: #89e6aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d987",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 147.417,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78711,
    "c": 0.17211,
    "h": 154.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D987

secondary

#8C3363

accent

#3E9BE9

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF7

border

#CED5D0

text

#0D1610

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D987

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

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