#42A355#42A355

#42A355 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.146 H 147.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A355
RGB	rgb(66, 163, 85)
HSL	hsl(132, 42%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(132, 60%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 0%, 47.9%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.90, -45.52, 32.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.90, 55.70, 144.80°)
OKLab	oklab(63.88% -0.1231 0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(63.88% 0.146 147.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.9825, 28.0069, 13.1035)
Luminance	0.2801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A355 #A34290

analogous

#5FA342 #42A355 #42A386

triadic

#42A355 #5542A3 #A35542

tetradic

#42A355 #425FA3 #A34290 #A38642

square

#42A355 #425FA3 #A34290 #A38642

split-complementary

#42A355 #8642A3 #A3425F

monochromatic

#1F4C28 #30773E #42A355 #63C075 #8ED19B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#42A355 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#42A355 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A355

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A355	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A355	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5964F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988D5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2BA091

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a355;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 163, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.146 147.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80bf86',
    500: '#42a355',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a355;
$custom-light: #80bf86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a355",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 131.753,
    "s": 42.358,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63882,
    "c": 0.1459,
    "h": 147.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A355

secondary

#BC84B1

accent

#56BAD2

background

#F8FBF8

surface

#EFF7EF

border

#CAD0CA

text

#0B120B

muted

#7C817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A355

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

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