#42E165#42E165

#42E165 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.212 H 146.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E165
RGB	rgb(66, 225, 101)
HSL	hsl(133, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(133, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 55.1%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.58, -65.91, 48.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.58, 81.79, 143.69°)
OKLab	oklab(80.2% -0.1776 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(80.2% 0.212 146.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.5186, 55.9447, 21.4467)
Luminance	0.5595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E165 #E142BE

analogous

#6EE142 #42E165 #42E1B5

triadic

#42E165 #6542E1 #E16542

tetradic

#42E165 #426EE1 #E142BE #E1B542

square

#42E165 #426EE1 #E142BE #E1B542

split-complementary

#42E165 #B542E1 #E1426E

monochromatic

#179232 #1FC644 #42E165 #77E990 #ACF2BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#42E165 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#42E165 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E165

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E165	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E165	1.00	1.72	12.19	12.19
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CD59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C06F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e165;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 225, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.212 146.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bec94',
    500: '#42e165',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e165;
$custom-light: #8bec94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e165",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 133.208,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80197,
    "c": 0.21189,
    "h": 146.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E165

secondary

#963180

accent

#38C7EF

background

#FCFFFC

surface

#F5FEF4

border

#CFD6CE

text

#0E160D

muted

#7F857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E165

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

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