#42A855#42A855

#42A855 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.153 H 147.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A855
RGB	rgb(66, 168, 85)
HSL	hsl(131, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(131, 61%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 0%, 49.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.50, -47.50, 34.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.50, 58.49, 144.31°)
OKLab	oklab(65.2% -0.1284 0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(65.2% 0.153 147.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.8879, 29.8177, 13.4053)
Luminance	0.2982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A855 #A84295

analogous

#62A842 #42A855 #42A888

triadic

#42A855 #5542A8 #A85542

tetradic

#42A855 #4262A8 #A84295 #A88842

square

#42A855 #4262A8 #A84295 #A88842

split-complementary

#42A855 #8842A8 #A84262

monochromatic

#1F5029 #317C3F #42A855 #65C276 #91D49D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#42A855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#42A855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A855

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A855	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9A4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D915B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29A495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 168, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.153 147.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c386',
    500: '#42a855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a855;
$custom-light: #81c386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 131.176,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.652,
    "c": 0.15283,
    "h": 147.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A855

secondary

#BF87B5

accent

#54BCD3

background

#F8FCF8

surface

#EFF8EF

border

#CAD1CA

text

#0B120B

muted

#7C817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A855

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

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