#42B954#42B954

#42B954 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.176 H 146.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B954
RGB	rgb(66, 185, 84)
HSL	hsl(129, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(129, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 0%, 54.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.90, -54.11, 41.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.90, 68.03, 142.69°)
OKLab	oklab(69.65% -0.1462 0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(69.65% 0.176 146)
XYZ	xyz(21.1946, 36.4941, 14.3129)
Luminance	0.3650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B954 #B942A7

analogous

#6CB942 #42B954 #42B990

triadic

#42B954 #5442B9 #B95442

tetradic

#42B954 #426CB9 #B942A7 #B99042

square

#42B954 #426CB9 #B942A7 #B99042

split-complementary

#42B954 #9042B9 #B9426C

monochromatic

#225F2B #328C40 #42B954 #6DCB7B #9ADBA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#42B954 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#42B954 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B954

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B954	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B954	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA94B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9F5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21B5A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b954;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 185, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.176 146.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cf87',
    500: '#42b954',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b954;
$custom-light: #84cf87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b954",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 129.076,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69647,
    "c": 0.17637,
    "h": 146
  },
  "luminance": 0.36496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B954

secondary

#C790BF

accent

#51C3D7

background

#F8FCF8

surface

#F0F9F0

border

#CBD2CB

text

#0C140B

muted

#7D827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B954

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

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