#42E090#42E090

#42E090 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.173 H 156.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E090
RGB	rgb(66, 224, 144)
HSL	hsl(150, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(150, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 35.7%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.89, -58.60, 27.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.89, 64.80, 154.72°)
OKLab	oklab(80.65% -0.1586 0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(80.65% 0.173 156.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.9332, 56.4793, 35.4934)
Luminance	0.5648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E090 #E04292

analogous

#43E042 #42E090 #42E0DF

triadic

#42E090 #9042E0 #E09042

tetradic

#42E090 #4243E0 #E04292 #E0DF42

square

#42E090 #4243E0 #E04292 #E0DF42

split-complementary

#42E090 #DF42E0 #E04243

monochromatic

#189053 #20C571 #42E090 #77E9AF #ABF1CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#42E090 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#42E090 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E090

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E090	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E090	1.00	1.71	12.30	12.30
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFCE8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBC095

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DECB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e090;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 224, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.173 156.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aebb1',
    500: '#42e090',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e090;
$custom-light: #8aebb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e090",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 149.62,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80647,
    "c": 0.17311,
    "h": 156.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E090

secondary

#953164

accent

#3995EF

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F4FEF7

border

#CED6D0

text

#0D1610

muted

#7F8581

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E090

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

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