#42A657#42A657

#42A657 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.148 H 147.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A657
RGB	rgb(66, 166, 87)
HSL	hsl(133, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(133, 60%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 0%, 47.6%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.88, -46.40, 32.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.88, 56.55, 145.14°)
OKLab	oklab(64.71% -0.1254 0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(64.71% 0.148 147.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.6021, 29.1171, 13.7075)
Luminance	0.2912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A657 #A64291

analogous

#5FA642 #42A657 #42A689

triadic

#42A657 #5742A6 #A65742

tetradic

#42A657 #425FA6 #A64291 #A68942

square

#42A657 #425FA6 #A64291 #A68942

split-complementary

#42A657 #8942A6 #A6425F

monochromatic

#1F4E29 #317A40 #42A657 #64C177 #90D39E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#42A657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#42A657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A657

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A657	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)

#A89851

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8F5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29A393

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 166, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.148 147.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c188',
    500: '#42a657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a657;
$custom-light: #80c188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 132.6,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64706,
    "c": 0.14817,
    "h": 147.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A657

secondary

#BE86B2

accent

#55B8D3

background

#F8FCF8

surface

#EFF8F0

border

#CAD1CB

text

#0B120B

muted

#7C817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A657

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

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