#42A56D#42A56D

#42A56D is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.126 H 155.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A56D
RGB	rgb(66, 165, 109)
HSL	hsl(146, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(146, 60%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 0%, 33.9%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.93, -42.04, 20.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.93, 46.84, 153.85°)
OKLab	oklab(64.86% -0.1143 0.052)
OKLCH	oklch(64.86% 0.126 155.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.4607, 29.1709, 19.1227)
Luminance	0.2917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A56D #A5427A

analogous

#48A542 #42A56D #42A59F

triadic

#42A56D #6D42A5 #A56D42

tetradic

#42A56D #4248A5 #A5427A #A59F42

square

#42A56D #4248A5 #A5427A #A59F42

split-complementary

#42A56D #9F42A5 #A54248

monochromatic

#1F4E33 #317950 #42A56D #63C18C #8FD2AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#42A56D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#42A56D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A56D

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A56D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A56D	1.00	3.07	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49969

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978F71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1DA396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a56d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 165, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.126 155.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c097',
    500: '#42a56d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a56d;
$custom-light: #80c097;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a56d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 146.061,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64864,
    "c": 0.12555,
    "h": 155.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A56D

secondary

#BD85A5

accent

#559CD3

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#EFF7F2

border

#CAD0CC

text

#0B120D

muted

#7C817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A56D

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

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