#42E169#42E169

#42E169 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.209 H 147.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E169
RGB	rgb(66, 225, 105)
HSL	hsl(135, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(135, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 53.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.63, -65.37, 46.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.63, 80.30, 144.50°)
OKLab	oklab(80.25% -0.1761 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(80.25% 0.209 147.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.7194, 56.0250, 22.5041)
Luminance	0.5603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E169 #E142BA

analogous

#6BE142 #42E169 #42E1B9

triadic

#42E169 #6942E1 #E16942

tetradic

#42E169 #426BE1 #E142BA #E1B942

square

#42E169 #426BE1 #E142BA #E1B942

split-complementary

#42E169 #B942E1 #E1426B

monochromatic

#179235 #1FC648 #42E169 #77E993 #ACF2BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#42E169 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#42E169 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E169

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E169	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E169	1.00	1.72	12.21	12.21
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CD5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C072

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e169;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 225, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.209 147.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bec96',
    500: '#42e169',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e169;
$custom-light: #8bec96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e169",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 134.717,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8025,
    "c": 0.20858,
    "h": 147.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E169

secondary

#96317D

accent

#38C2EF

background

#FCFFFC

surface

#F5FEF5

border

#CFD6CF

text

#0E160E

muted

#7F857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E169

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

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