#42B357#42B357

#42B357 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.166 H 146.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B357
RGB	rgb(66, 179, 87)
HSL	hsl(131, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(131, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 0%, 51.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.03, -51.45, 37.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.03, 63.66, 143.92°)
OKLab	oklab(68.12% -0.139 0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(68.12% 0.166 146.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.0858, 34.0846, 14.5354)
Luminance	0.3409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B357 #B3429E

analogous

#66B342 #42B357 #42B38F

triadic

#42B357 #5742B3 #B35742

tetradic

#42B357 #4266B3 #B3429E #B38F42

square

#42B357 #4266B3 #B3429E #B38F42

split-complementary

#42B357 #8F42B3 #B34266

monochromatic

#215A2C #328641 #42B357 #6AC87C #97D9A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#42B357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#42B357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B357

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B357	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A44F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79A5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23AF9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 179, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.166 146.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cb88',
    500: '#42b357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b357;
$custom-light: #83cb88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 131.15,
    "s": 46.122,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68119,
    "c": 0.16586,
    "h": 146.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B357

secondary

#C48CBA

accent

#52BDD6

background

#F8FCF8

surface

#F0F9F0

border

#CBD2CB

text

#0C130B

muted

#7D827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B357

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

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