#42A565#42A565

#42A565 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.133 H 152.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A565
RGB	rgb(66, 165, 101)
HSL	hsl(141, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(141, 60%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 0%, 38.8%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.79, -43.58, 24.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.79, 50.14, 150.37°)
OKLab	oklab(64.7% -0.118 0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(64.7% 0.133 152.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.0495, 29.0064, 16.9570)
Luminance	0.2901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A565 #A54282

analogous

#51A542 #42A565 #42A596

triadic

#42A565 #6542A5 #A56542

tetradic

#42A565 #4251A5 #A54282 #A59642

square

#42A565 #4251A5 #A54282 #A59642

split-complementary

#42A565 #9642A5 #A54251

monochromatic

#1F4E2F #31794A #42A565 #63C184 #8FD2A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#42A565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#42A565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A565

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A565	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59861

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988F69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#22A395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 165, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.133 152.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c091',
    500: '#42a565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a565;
$custom-light: #80c091;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 141.212,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64698,
    "c": 0.13324,
    "h": 152.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A565

secondary

#BD85AA

accent

#55A6D3

background

#F8FBF8

surface

#EFF7F0

border

#CAD0CB

text

#0B120D

muted

#7C817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A565

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

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