#42A56E#42A56E

#42A56E is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.125 H 156.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A56E
RGB	rgb(66, 165, 110)
HSL	hsl(147, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(147, 60%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 0%, 33.3%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.95, -41.84, 20.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.95, 46.43, 154.32°)
OKLab	oklab(64.89% -0.1138 0.0508)
OKLCH	oklch(64.89% 0.125 156)
XYZ	xyz(18.5148, 29.1925, 19.4078)
Luminance	0.2919 (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

#42A56E #A54279

analogous

#47A542 #42A56E #42A59F

triadic

#42A56E #6E42A5 #A56E42

tetradic

#42A56E #4247A5 #A54279 #A59F42

square

#42A56E #4247A5 #A54279 #A59F42

split-complementary

#42A56E #9F42A5 #A54247

monochromatic

#1F4E34 #317951 #42A56E #63C18D #8FD2AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#42A56E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#42A56E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A56E

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A56E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A56E	1.00	3.07	6.84	6.84
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4996B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978F71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1CA497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a56e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 165, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.125 156.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c098',
    500: '#42a56e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a56e;
$custom-light: #80c098;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a56e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 146.667,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64886,
    "c": 0.12461,
    "h": 156
  },
  "luminance": 0.29194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A56E

secondary

#BD85A5

accent

#559BD3

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#EFF7F2

border

#CAD0CC

text

#0B120D

muted

#7C817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A56E

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

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