#42A96D#42A96D

#42A96D is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.131 H 154.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A96D
RGB	rgb(66, 169, 109)
HSL	hsl(145, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(145, 61%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 0%, 35.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.20, -43.72, 22.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.20, 49.10, 152.93°)
OKLab	oklab(65.9% -0.1186 0.0562)
OKLCH	oklch(65.9% 0.131 154.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.1935, 30.6364, 19.3670)
Luminance	0.3064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A96D #A9427E

analogous

#4AA942 #42A96D #42A9A0

triadic

#42A96D #6D42A9 #A96D42

tetradic

#42A96D #424AA9 #A9427E #A9A042

square

#42A96D #424AA9 #A9427E #A9A042

split-complementary

#42A96D #A042A9 #A9424A

monochromatic

#205134 #317D51 #42A96D #65C38C #91D4AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#42A96D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#42A96D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42A96D

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A96D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A96D	1.00	2.95	7.13	7.13
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99C69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9271

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1AA79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a96d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 169, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.131 154.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c397',
    500: '#42a96d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a96d;
$custom-light: #80c397;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a96d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 145.049,
    "s": 43.83,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65903,
    "c": 0.13126,
    "h": 154.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A96D

secondary

#C087A8

accent

#549ED4

background

#F8FCF9

surface

#EFF8F2

border

#CAD1CC

text

#0B130D

muted

#7C827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A96D

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

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