#42A455#42A455

#42A455 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.147 H 147.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A455
RGB	rgb(66, 164, 85)
HSL	hsl(132, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(132, 60%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 0%, 48.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.22, -45.92, 32.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.22, 56.26, 144.70°)
OKLab	oklab(64.15% -0.1242 0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(64.15% 0.147 147.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.1608, 28.3634, 13.1629)
Luminance	0.2837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A455 #A44291

analogous

#60A442 #42A455 #42A486

triadic

#42A455 #5542A4 #A45542

tetradic

#42A455 #4260A4 #A44291 #A48642

square

#42A455 #4260A4 #A44291 #A48642

split-complementary

#42A455 #8642A4 #A44260

monochromatic

#1F4D28 #30783E #42A455 #63C075 #8FD29C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#42A455 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#42A455 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A455

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A455	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A455	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6964F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998E5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2BA191

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a455;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 164, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.147 147.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c086',
    500: '#42a455',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a455;
$custom-light: #80c086;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a455",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 131.633,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64146,
    "c": 0.14729,
    "h": 147.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A455

secondary

#BD85B2

accent

#55BAD2

background

#F8FBF8

surface

#EFF7EF

border

#CAD0CA

text

#0B120B

muted

#7C817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A455

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

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