#42E170#42E170

#42E170 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.203 H 148.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E170
RGB	rgb(66, 225, 112)
HSL	hsl(137, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(137, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 50.2%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.71, -64.38, 43.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.71, 77.65, 146.01°)
OKLab	oklab(80.35% -0.1733 0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(80.35% 0.203 148.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.0941, 56.1749, 24.4775)
Luminance	0.5618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E170 #E142B3

analogous

#64E142 #42E170 #42E1BF

triadic

#42E170 #7042E1 #E17042

tetradic

#42E170 #4264E1 #E142B3 #E1BF42

square

#42E170 #4264E1 #E142B3 #E1BF42

split-complementary

#42E170 #BF42E1 #E14264

monochromatic

#17923B #1FC650 #42E170 #77E998 #ACF2C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#42E170 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#42E170 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E170

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E170	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E170	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CE66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C078

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e170;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 225, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.203 148.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bec9b',
    500: '#42e170',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e170;
$custom-light: #8bec9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e170",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 137.358,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80348,
    "c": 0.20266,
    "h": 148.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E170

secondary

#963179

accent

#38BAEF

background

#FCFFFC

surface

#F4FEF5

border

#CED6CF

text

#0D160E

muted

#7F857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E170

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

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