#42B862#42B862

#42B862 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.162 H 149.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B862
RGB	rgb(66, 184, 98)
HSL	hsl(136, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(136, 64%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 0%, 46.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.76, -51.66, 34.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.76, 61.90, 146.56°)
OKLab	oklab(69.6% -0.1394 0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(69.6% 0.162 149.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.5903, 36.3189, 17.4253)
Luminance	0.3632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B862 #B84298

analogous

#5DB842 #42B862 #42B89D

triadic

#42B862 #6242B8 #B86242

tetradic

#42B862 #425DB8 #B84298 #B89D42

square

#42B862 #425DB8 #B84298 #B89D42

split-complementary

#42B862 #9D42B8 #B8425D

monochromatic

#225E32 #328B4A #42B862 #6DCB86 #9ADBAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#42B862 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#42B862 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B862

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B862	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B862	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A95B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9E68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#19B5A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b862;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 184, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.162 149.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ce90',
    500: '#42b862',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b862;
$custom-light: #83ce90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b862",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 136.271,
    "s": 47.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69597,
    "c": 0.16245,
    "h": 149.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B862

secondary

#C78FB8

accent

#51B3D7

background

#F8FCF8

surface

#F0F9F0

border

#CBD2CB

text

#0C140C

muted

#7D827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B862

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

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