#42A85D#42A85D

#42A85D is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.145 H 149.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A85D
RGB	rgb(66, 168, 93)
HSL	hsl(136, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(136, 61%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 0%, 44.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.61, -46.22, 30.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.61, 55.17, 146.91°)
OKLab	oklab(65.33% -0.1249 0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(65.33% 0.145 149.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.2239, 29.9521, 15.1748)
Luminance	0.2995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A85D #A8428D

analogous

#5AA842 #42A85D #42A890

triadic

#42A85D #5D42A8 #A85D42

tetradic

#42A85D #425AA8 #A8428D #A89042

square

#42A85D #425AA8 #A8428D #A89042

split-complementary

#42A85D #9042A8 #A8425A

monochromatic

#1F502C #317C45 #42A85D #65C27E #91D4A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#42A85D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99

#42A85D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A85D

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A85D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A85D	1.00	3.00	6.99	6.99
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99A57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9162

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25A596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a85d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 168, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.145 149.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c38c',
    500: '#42a85d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a85d;
$custom-light: #80c38c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a85d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 135.882,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65333,
    "c": 0.14524,
    "h": 149.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A85D

secondary

#BF87B0

accent

#54B2D3

background

#F8FCF8

surface

#EFF8F0

border

#CAD1CB

text

#0B120C

muted

#7C817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A85D

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

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