#42B656#42B656

#42B656 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.171 H 146.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B656
RGB	rgb(66, 182, 86)
HSL	hsl(130, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(130, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 0%, 52.7%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.97, -52.72, 39.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.97, 65.66, 143.41°)
OKLab	oklab(68.89% -0.1424 0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(68.89% 0.171 146.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.6530, 35.2840, 14.5244)
Luminance	0.3529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B656 #B642A2

analogous

#68B642 #42B656 #42B690

triadic

#42B656 #5642B6 #B65642

tetradic

#42B656 #4268B6 #B642A2 #B69042

square

#42B656 #4268B6 #B642A2 #B69042

split-complementary

#42B656 #9042B6 #B64268

monochromatic

#215C2C #328941 #42B656 #6CCA7C #99DAA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#42B656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#42B656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B656

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B656	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	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)

#B8A64D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9C5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#22B2A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 182, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.171 146.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cd88',
    500: '#42b656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b656;
$custom-light: #83cd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 130.345,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6889,
    "c": 0.17071,
    "h": 146.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B656

secondary

#C68EBC

accent

#51BFD6

background

#F8FCF8

surface

#F0F9F0

border

#CBD2CB

text

#0C130B

muted

#7D827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B656

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

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