#42E16E#42E16E

#42E16E is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.204 H 148.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E16E
RGB	rgb(66, 225, 110)
HSL	hsl(137, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(137, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 51.1%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.69, -64.67, 44.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.69, 78.41, 145.57°)
OKLab	oklab(80.32% -0.1741 0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(80.32% 0.204 148.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.9840, 56.1309, 23.8976)
Luminance	0.5613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E16E #E142B5

analogous

#65E142 #42E16E #42E1BE

triadic

#42E16E #6E42E1 #E16E42

tetradic

#42E16E #4265E1 #E142B5 #E1BE42

square

#42E16E #4265E1 #E142B5 #E1BE42

split-complementary

#42E16E #BE42E1 #E14265

monochromatic

#179239 #1FC64E #42E16E #77E997 #ACF2BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#42E16E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#42E16E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E16E

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E16E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E16E	1.00	1.72	12.23	12.23
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CD64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C076

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e16e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 225, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.204 148.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bec9a',
    500: '#42e16e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e16e;
$custom-light: #8bec9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e16e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 136.604,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80319,
    "c": 0.20437,
    "h": 148.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E16E

secondary

#96317A

accent

#38BDEF

background

#FCFFFC

surface

#F4FEF5

border

#CED6CF

text

#0D160E

muted

#7F857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E16E

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

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