#42B159#42B159

#42B159 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.161 H 147.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B159
RGB	rgb(66, 177, 89)
HSL	hsl(132, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(132, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 0%, 49.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.42, -50.39, 35.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.42, 61.77, 144.66°)
OKLab	oklab(67.63% -0.1361 0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(67.63% 0.161 147.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.7707, 33.3218, 14.8391)
Luminance	0.3332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B159 #B1429A

analogous

#63B142 #42B159 #42B190

triadic

#42B159 #5942B1 #B15942

tetradic

#42B159 #4263B1 #B1429A #B19042

square

#42B159 #4263B1 #B1429A #B19042

split-complementary

#42B159 #9042B1 #B14263

monochromatic

#21582C #318443 #42B159 #69C77D #96D8A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#42B159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#42B159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B159

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B159	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A252

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5985F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23AD9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 177, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.161 147.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c989',
    500: '#42b159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b159;
$custom-light: #82c989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 132.432,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67626,
    "c": 0.16135,
    "h": 147.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B159

secondary

#C38BB8

accent

#52BAD5

background

#F8FCF8

surface

#F0F8F0

border

#CBD1CB

text

#0C130C

muted

#7D827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B159

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

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