#42A560#42A560

#42A560 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.138 H 150.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A560
RGB	rgb(66, 165, 96)
HSL	hsl(138, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(138, 60%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 0%, 41.8%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.70, -44.49, 27.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.70, 52.23, 148.41°)
OKLab	oklab(64.6% -0.1203 0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(64.6% 0.138 150.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.8119, 28.9114, 15.7058)
Luminance	0.2891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A560 #A54287

analogous

#55A542 #42A560 #42A591

triadic

#42A560 #6042A5 #A56042

tetradic

#42A560 #4255A5 #A54287 #A59142

square

#42A560 #4255A5 #A54287 #A59142

split-complementary

#42A560 #9142A5 #A54255

monochromatic

#1F4E2D #317947 #42A560 #63C180 #8FD2A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#42A560 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#42A560 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A560

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A560	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A560	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6985B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998F65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25A294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a560;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 165, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.138 150.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c08e',
    500: '#42a560',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a560;
$custom-light: #80c08e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a560",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 138.182,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64601,
    "c": 0.1381,
    "h": 150.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A560

secondary

#BD85AC

accent

#55ADD3

background

#F8FBF8

surface

#EFF7F0

border

#CAD0CB

text

#0B120C

muted

#7C817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A560

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

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