#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
RGBrgb(66, 168, 93)
HSLhsl(136, 44%, 46%)
HSVhsv(136, 61%, 66%)
CMYKcmyk(60.7%, 0%, 44.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LABlab(61.61, -46.22, 30.12)
CIE-LCHlch(61.61, 55.17, 146.91°)
OKLaboklab(65.33% -0.1249 0.0741)
OKLCHoklch(65.33% 0.145 149.3)
XYZxyz(18.2239, 29.9521, 15.1748)
Luminance0.2995 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##42A85D1.003.006.996.99
#FFFFFF3.001.0021.0021.00
#0000006.9921.001.001.00
##0000006.9921.001.001.00

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

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#42A85D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva