#42E171#42E171

#42E171 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.202 H 148.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E171
RGB	rgb(66, 225, 113)
HSL	hsl(138, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(138, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 49.8%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.73, -64.23, 42.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.73, 77.27, 146.23°)
OKLab	oklab(80.36% -0.1729 0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(80.36% 0.202 148.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.1501, 56.1973, 24.7724)
Luminance	0.5620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E171 #E142B2

analogous

#63E142 #42E171 #42E1C1

triadic

#42E171 #7142E1 #E17142

tetradic

#42E171 #4263E1 #E142B2 #E1C142

square

#42E171 #4263E1 #E142B2 #E1C142

split-complementary

#42E171 #C142E1 #E14263

monochromatic

#17923B #1FC651 #42E171 #77E999 #ACF2C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#42E171 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#42E171 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E171

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E171	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E171	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)

#E3CE68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C079

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e171;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 225, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.202 148.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bec9c',
    500: '#42e171',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e171;
$custom-light: #8bec9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e171",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 137.736,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80363,
    "c": 0.2018,
    "h": 148.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E171

secondary

#963178

accent

#38B9EF

background

#FCFFFC

surface

#F4FEF5

border

#CED6CF

text

#0D160E

muted

#7F857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E171

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

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