#42B855#42B855

#42B855 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.174 H 146.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B855
RGB	rgb(66, 184, 85)
HSL	hsl(130, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(130, 64%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 0%, 53.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.59, -53.60, 40.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.59, 67.11, 143.01°)
OKLab	oklab(69.4% -0.1448 0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(69.4% 0.174 146.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.0255, 36.0930, 14.4512)
Luminance	0.3609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B855 #B842A5

analogous

#6AB842 #42B855 #42B890

triadic

#42B855 #5542B8 #B85542

tetradic

#42B855 #426AB8 #B842A5 #B89042

square

#42B855 #426AB8 #B842A5 #B89042

split-complementary

#42B855 #9042B8 #B8426A

monochromatic

#225E2B #328B40 #42B855 #6DCB7C #9ADBA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#42B855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#42B855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B855

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B855	1.00	2.56	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA84C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9E5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21B4A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 184, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.174 146.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84ce87',
    500: '#42b855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b855;
$custom-light: #84ce87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 129.661,
    "s": 47.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69399,
    "c": 0.17421,
    "h": 146.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B855

secondary

#C78FBE

accent

#51C1D7

background

#F8FCF8

surface

#F0F9F0

border

#CBD2CB

text

#0C140B

muted

#7D827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B855

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

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