#42AB59#42AB59

#42AB59 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.153 H 148.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42AB59
RGB	rgb(66, 171, 89)
HSL	hsl(133, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(133, 61%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 0%, 48%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.51, -48.06, 33.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.51, 58.49, 145.25°)
OKLab	oklab(66.05% -0.1299 0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(66.05% 0.153 148)
XYZ	xyz(18.6116, 31.0035, 14.4527)
Luminance	0.3100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42AB59 #AB4294

analogous

#60AB42 #42AB59 #42AB8E

triadic

#42AB59 #5942AB #AB5942

tetradic

#42AB59 #4260AB #AB4294 #AB8E42

square

#42AB59 #4260AB #AB4294 #AB8E42

split-complementary

#42AB59 #8E42AB #AB4260

monochromatic

#20532B #317F42 #42AB59 #66C47B #92D5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#42AB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#42AB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AB59

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42AB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42AB59	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9D52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F935F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26A898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ab59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 171, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.153 148.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c589',
    500: '#42ab59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ab59;
$custom-light: #81c589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ab59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 133.143,
    "s": 44.304,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66053,
    "c": 0.1532,
    "h": 148
  },
  "luminance": 0.31005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42AB59

secondary

#C088B4

accent

#54B8D4

background

#F8FCF8

surface

#EFF8F0

border

#CAD1CB

text

#0B130C

muted

#7C827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42AB59

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

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