#42A656#42A656

#42A656 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.149 H 147.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A656
RGB	rgb(66, 166, 86)
HSL	hsl(132, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(132, 60%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 0%, 48.2%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.87, -46.56, 32.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.87, 56.96, 144.82°)
OKLab	oklab(64.69% -0.1259 0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(64.69% 0.149 147.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.5615, 29.1009, 13.4939)
Luminance	0.2910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A656 #A64292

analogous

#60A642 #42A656 #42A688

triadic

#42A656 #5642A6 #A65642

tetradic

#42A656 #4260A6 #A64292 #A68842

square

#42A656 #4260A6 #A64292 #A68842

split-complementary

#42A656 #8842A6 #A64260

monochromatic

#1F4E29 #317A3F #42A656 #64C177 #90D39D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#42A656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#42A656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A656

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A656	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89850

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8F5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29A393

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 166, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.149 147.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c187',
    500: '#42a656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a656;
$custom-light: #80c187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 132,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64689,
    "c": 0.14912,
    "h": 147.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A656

secondary

#BE86B3

accent

#55BAD3

background

#F8FCF8

surface

#EFF8EF

border

#CAD1CA

text

#0B120B

muted

#7C817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A656

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

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