#42E172#42E172

#42E172 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.201 H 149.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E172
RGB	rgb(66, 225, 114)
HSL	hsl(138, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(138, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 49.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.74, -64.08, 42.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.74, 76.89, 146.46°)
OKLab	oklab(80.38% -0.1725 0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(80.38% 0.201 149.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.2067, 56.2200, 25.0705)
Luminance	0.5622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E172 #E142B1

analogous

#62E142 #42E172 #42E1C1

triadic

#42E172 #7242E1 #E17242

tetradic

#42E172 #4262E1 #E142B1 #E1C142

square

#42E172 #4262E1 #E142B1 #E1C142

split-complementary

#42E172 #C142E1 #E14262

monochromatic

#17923C #1FC652 #42E172 #77E999 #ACF2C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#42E172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#42E172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E172

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E172	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)

#E3CE69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C07A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 225, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.201 149.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bec9c',
    500: '#42e172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e172;
$custom-light: #8bec9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 138.113,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80378,
    "c": 0.20094,
    "h": 149.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E172

secondary

#963178

accent

#38B8EF

background

#FCFFFC

surface

#F4FEF5

border

#CED6CF

text

#0D160E

muted

#7F857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E172

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

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