#42A562#42A562

#42A562 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.136 H 151.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A562
RGB	rgb(66, 165, 98)
HSL	hsl(139, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(139, 60%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 0%, 40.6%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.74, -44.13, 26.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.74, 51.39, 149.18°)
OKLab	oklab(64.64% -0.1194 0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(64.64% 0.136 151.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.9051, 28.9487, 16.1970)
Luminance	0.2895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A562 #A54285

analogous

#53A542 #42A562 #42A593

triadic

#42A562 #6242A5 #A56242

tetradic

#42A562 #4253A5 #A54285 #A59342

square

#42A562 #4253A5 #A54285 #A59342

split-complementary

#42A562 #9342A5 #A54253

monochromatic

#1F4E2E #317948 #42A562 #63C182 #8FD2A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#42A562 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#42A562 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A562

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A562	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A562	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6985D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988F66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24A394

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a562;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 165, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.136 151.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c08f',
    500: '#42a562',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a562;
$custom-light: #80c08f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a562",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 139.394,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64639,
    "c": 0.13616,
    "h": 151.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A562

secondary

#BD85AB

accent

#55AAD3

background

#F8FBF8

surface

#EFF7F0

border

#CAD0CB

text

#0B120C

muted

#7C817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A562

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

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