#42B56D#42B56D

#42B56D is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.148 H 152.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B56D
RGB	rgb(66, 181, 109)
HSL	hsl(142, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(142, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 0%, 39.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.99, -48.61, 27.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.99, 55.79, 150.59°)
OKLab	oklab(69.01% -0.1314 0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(69.01% 0.148 152.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.5292, 35.3079, 20.1456)
Luminance	0.3531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B56D #B5428A

analogous

#50B542 #42B56D #42B5A6

triadic

#42B56D #6D42B5 #B56D42

tetradic

#42B56D #4250B5 #B5428A #B5A642

square

#42B56D #4250B5 #B5428A #B5A642

split-complementary

#42B56D #A642B5 #B54250

monochromatic

#215B37 #328852 #42B56D #6BC98E #98D9B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#42B56D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#42B56D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B56D

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B56D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B56D	1.00	2.60	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A768

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69C72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#11B3A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b56d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 181, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.148 152.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cc97',
    500: '#42b56d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b56d;
$custom-light: #82cc97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b56d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 142.435,
    "s": 46.559,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69014,
    "c": 0.14804,
    "h": 152.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B56D

secondary

#C58EB0

accent

#52A5D6

background

#F8FCF9

surface

#F0F9F2

border

#CBD2CC

text

#0C130D

muted

#7D827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B56D

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

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