#42A570#42A570

#42A570 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.123 H 156.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A570
RGB	rgb(66, 165, 112)
HSL	hsl(148, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(148, 60%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 0%, 32.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.99, -41.44, 19.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.99, 45.62, 155.28°)
OKLab	oklab(64.93% -0.1128 0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(64.93% 0.123 156.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.6249, 29.2366, 19.9878)
Luminance	0.2924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A570 #A54277

analogous

#45A542 #42A570 #42A5A1

triadic

#42A570 #7042A5 #A57042

tetradic

#42A570 #4245A5 #A54277 #A5A142

square

#42A570 #4245A5 #A54277 #A5A142

split-complementary

#42A570 #A142A5 #A54245

monochromatic

#1F4E35 #317952 #42A570 #63C18F #8FD2AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#42A570 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#42A570 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A570

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A570	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A570	1.00	3.07	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4996D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968F73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1AA497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a570;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 165, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.123 156.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c099',
    500: '#42a570',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a570;
$custom-light: #80c099;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a570",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 147.879,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6493,
    "c": 0.12273,
    "h": 156.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A570

secondary

#BD85A3

accent

#5598D3

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#EFF7F2

border

#CAD0CC

text

#0B120E

muted

#7C817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A570

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

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