#42B562#42B562

#42B562 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.158 H 149.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B562
RGB	rgb(66, 181, 98)
HSL	hsl(137, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(137, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 0%, 45.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.82, -50.51, 32.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.82, 60.28, 146.92°)
OKLab	oklab(68.82% -0.1363 0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(68.82% 0.158 149.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.9737, 35.0857, 17.2198)
Luminance	0.3509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B562 #B54295

analogous

#5BB542 #42B562 #42B59B

triadic

#42B562 #6242B5 #B56242

tetradic

#42B562 #425BB5 #B54295 #B59B42

square

#42B562 #425BB5 #B54295 #B59B42

split-complementary

#42B562 #9B42B5 #B5425B

monochromatic

#215B31 #32884A #42B562 #6BC985 #98D9AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#42B562 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#42B562 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B562

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B562	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B562	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A65C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89C68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1BB2A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b562;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 181, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.158 149.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cc90',
    500: '#42b562',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b562;
$custom-light: #83cc90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b562",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 136.696,
    "s": 46.559,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68816,
    "c": 0.15841,
    "h": 149.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B562

secondary

#C58EB6

accent

#52B1D6

background

#F8FCF8

surface

#F0F9F0

border

#CBD2CB

text

#0C130C

muted

#7D827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B562

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

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