#42E160#42E160

#42E160 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.216 H 146.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E160
RGB	rgb(66, 225, 96)
HSL	hsl(131, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(131, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 57.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.53, -66.55, 50.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.53, 83.63, 142.73°)
OKLab	oklab(80.14% -0.1795 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(80.14% 0.216 146.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.2811, 55.8497, 20.1956)
Luminance	0.5585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E160 #E142C3

analogous

#73E142 #42E160 #42E1B0

triadic

#42E160 #6042E1 #E16042

tetradic

#42E160 #4273E1 #E142C3 #E1B042

square

#42E160 #4273E1 #E142C3 #E1B042

split-complementary

#42E160 #B042E1 #E14273

monochromatic

#17922E #1FC63F #42E160 #77E98C #ACF2B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#42E160 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#42E160 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E160

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E160	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E160	1.00	1.73	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CD53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C06A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e160;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 225, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.216 146.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bec91',
    500: '#42e160',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e160;
$custom-light: #8bec91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e160",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 131.321,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80135,
    "c": 0.21591,
    "h": 146.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E160

secondary

#963183

accent

#38CDEF

background

#FCFFFC

surface

#F5FEF4

border

#CFD6CE

text

#0E160D

muted

#7F857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E160

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

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