#42A571#42A571

#42A571 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.122 H 157.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A571
RGB	rgb(66, 165, 113)
HSL	hsl(148, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(148, 60%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 0%, 31.5%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.01, -41.23, 18.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.01, 45.21, 155.77°)
OKLab	oklab(64.95% -0.1124 0.047)
OKLCH	oklch(64.95% 0.122 157.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.6809, 29.2590, 20.2827)
Luminance	0.2926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A571 #A54276

analogous

#44A542 #42A571 #42A5A2

triadic

#42A571 #7142A5 #A57142

tetradic

#42A571 #4244A5 #A54276 #A5A242

square

#42A571 #4244A5 #A54276 #A5A242

split-complementary

#42A571 #A242A5 #A54244

monochromatic

#1F4E35 #317953 #42A571 #63C190 #8FD2AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#42A571 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#42A571 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A571

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A571	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A571	1.00	3.06	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.06	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)

#A4996E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968F74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#19A497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a571;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 165, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.122 157.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c09a',
    500: '#42a571',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a571;
$custom-light: #80c09a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a571",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 148.485,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64953,
    "c": 0.12179,
    "h": 157.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A571

secondary

#BD85A3

accent

#5597D3

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#EFF7F2

border

#CAD0CC

text

#0B120E

muted

#7C817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A571

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

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