#42A658#42A658

#42A658 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.147 H 148.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A658
RGB	rgb(66, 166, 88)
HSL	hsl(133, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(133, 60%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 0%, 47%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.90, -46.24, 31.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.90, 56.13, 145.46°)
OKLab	oklab(64.72% -0.125 0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(64.72% 0.147 148.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.6432, 29.1336, 13.9242)
Luminance	0.2913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A658 #A64290

analogous

#5EA642 #42A658 #42A68A

triadic

#42A658 #5842A6 #A65842

tetradic

#42A658 #425EA6 #A64290 #A68A42

square

#42A658 #425EA6 #A64290 #A68A42

split-complementary

#42A658 #8A42A6 #A6425E

monochromatic

#1F4E2A #317A41 #42A658 #64C178 #90D39E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#42A658 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#42A658 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A658

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A658	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A658	1.00	3.08	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89852

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8F5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28A393

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a658;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 166, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.147 148.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c188',
    500: '#42a658',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a658;
$custom-light: #80c188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a658",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 133.2,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64722,
    "c": 0.14723,
    "h": 148.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A658

secondary

#BE86B2

accent

#55B7D3

background

#F8FCF8

surface

#EFF8F0

border

#CAD1CB

text

#0B120B

muted

#7C817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A658

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

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