#42E168#42E168

#42E168 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.209 H 147.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E168
RGB	rgb(66, 225, 104)
HSL	hsl(134, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(134, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 53.8%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.62, -65.51, 47.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.62, 80.67, 144.30°)
OKLab	oklab(80.24% -0.1764 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(80.24% 0.209 147.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.6683, 56.0046, 22.2350)
Luminance	0.5601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E168 #E142BB

analogous

#6BE142 #42E168 #42E1B8

triadic

#42E168 #6842E1 #E16842

tetradic

#42E168 #426BE1 #E142BB #E1B842

square

#42E168 #426BE1 #E142BB #E1B842

split-complementary

#42E168 #B842E1 #E1426B

monochromatic

#179234 #1FC647 #42E168 #77E992 #ACF2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#42E168 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#42E168 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E168

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E168	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E168	1.00	1.72	12.20	12.20
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CD5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C071

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e168;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 225, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.209 147.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bec96',
    500: '#42e168',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e168;
$custom-light: #8bec96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e168",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 134.34,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80237,
    "c": 0.20941,
    "h": 147.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E168

secondary

#96317E

accent

#38C4EF

background

#FCFFFC

surface

#F5FEF5

border

#CFD6CF

text

#0E160D

muted

#7F857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E168

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

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