#42E157#42E157

#42E157 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.223 H 145.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E157
RGB	rgb(66, 225, 87)
HSL	hsl(128, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(128, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 61.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.44, -67.61, 54.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.44, 86.84, 141.12°)
OKLab	oklab(80.03% -0.1826 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(80.03% 0.223 145.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.8902, 55.6934, 18.1369)
Luminance	0.5570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E157 #E142CC

analogous

#7CE142 #42E157 #42E1A7

triadic

#42E157 #5742E1 #E15742

tetradic

#42E157 #427CE1 #E142CC #E1A742

square

#42E157 #427CE1 #E142CC #E1A742

split-complementary

#42E157 #A742E1 #E1427C

monochromatic

#179227 #1FC636 #42E157 #77E986 #ACF2B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#42E157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#42E157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E157

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E157	1.00	1.73	12.14	12.14
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CD47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C063

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 225, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.223 145.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cec8b',
    500: '#42e157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e157;
$custom-light: #8cec8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 127.925,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80032,
    "c": 0.22281,
    "h": 145.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E157

secondary

#963189

accent

#38D7EF

background

#FCFFFC

surface

#F5FEF4

border

#CFD6CE

text

#0E160C

muted

#7F857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E157

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

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