#42D98C#42D98C

#42D98C is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.168 H 156.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D98C
RGB	rgb(66, 217, 140)
HSL	hsl(149, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(149, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 35.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.68, -56.73, 26.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.68, 62.73, 154.73°)
OKLab	oklab(78.81% -0.1536 0.0673)
OKLCH	oklch(78.81% 0.168 156.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.7903, 52.6738, 33.2975)
Luminance	0.5268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D98C #D9428F

analogous

#43D942 #42D98C #42D9D8

triadic

#42D98C #8C42D9 #D98C42

tetradic

#42D98C #4243D9 #D9428F #D9D842

square

#42D98C #4243D9 #D9428F #D9D842

split-complementary

#42D98C #D842D9 #D94243

monochromatic

#1B864F #25B96D #42D98C #75E3AB #A8EDCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#42D98C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.54

#42D98C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D98C

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D98C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D98C	1.00	1.82	11.54	11.54
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C887

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5BB91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d98c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 217, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.168 156.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e6ae',
    500: '#42d98c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d98c;
$custom-light: #89e6ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d98c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 149.404,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7881,
    "c": 0.16765,
    "h": 156.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D98C

secondary

#8C3360

accent

#3E96E9

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF7

border

#CED5D0

text

#0D1610

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D98C

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

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