#42A563#42A563

#42A563 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.135 H 151.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A563
RGB	rgb(66, 165, 99)
HSL	hsl(140, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(140, 60%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 0%, 40%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.75, -43.95, 25.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.75, 50.97, 149.57°)
OKLab	oklab(64.66% -0.119 0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(64.66% 0.135 151.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.9527, 28.9677, 16.4472)
Luminance	0.2897 (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

#42A563 #A54284

analogous

#52A542 #42A563 #42A594

triadic

#42A563 #6342A5 #A56342

tetradic

#42A563 #4252A5 #A54284 #A59442

square

#42A563 #4252A5 #A54284 #A59442

split-complementary

#42A563 #9442A5 #A54252

monochromatic

#1F4E2F #317949 #42A563 #63C183 #8FD2A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#42A563 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#42A563 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A563

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A563	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A563	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)

#A5985E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988F67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23A394

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a563;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 165, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.135 151.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c090',
    500: '#42a563',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a563;
$custom-light: #80c090;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a563",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 140,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64659,
    "c": 0.13518,
    "h": 151.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A563

secondary

#BD85AB

accent

#55A9D3

background

#F8FBF8

surface

#EFF7F0

border

#CAD0CB

text

#0B120C

muted

#7C817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A563

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

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