#42B95E#42B95E
#42B95E is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.167 H 148.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #42B95E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(66, 185, 94) |
| HSL | hsl(134, 47%, 49%) |
| HSV | hsv(134, 64%, 73%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(64.3%, 0%, 49.2%, 27.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(67.02, -52.66, 36.46) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(67.02, 64.05, 145.30°) |
| OKLab | oklab(69.79% -0.1421 0.0886) |
| OKLCH | oklch(69.79% 0.167 148.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(21.6146, 36.6621, 16.5249) |
| Luminance | 0.3666 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | neutral |
| Family | green |
Closest named colors
Cool Green
#33B864
ΔE00 1.79
Shamrock
#01B44C
ΔE00 3.27
Dark Mint
#48C072
ΔE00 3.27
Fern
#63B76C
ΔE00 3.63
Dark Pastel Green
#56AE57
ΔE00 3.66
Boring Green
#63B365
ΔE00 3.76
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#42B95E #B9429D
analogous
#62B942 #42B95E #42B99A
triadic
#42B95E #5E42B9 #B95E42
tetradic
#42B95E #4262B9 #B9429D #B99A42
square
#42B95E #4262B9 #B9429D #B99A42
split-complementary
#42B95E #9A42B9 #B94262
monochromatic
#225F30 #328C47 #42B95E #6DCB83 #9ADBAA
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.52
#42B95E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.33
#42B95E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #42B95E
8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##42B95E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##42B95E | 1.00 | 2.52 | 8.33 | 8.33 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.52 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 8.33 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 8.33 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#BBA957
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AC9F64
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#1BB5A4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A3A3A3
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #42b95e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 185, 94); /* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.167 148.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#84cf8d',
500: '#42b95e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #42b95e; $custom-light: #84cf8d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#42b95e",
"rgb": {
"r": 66,
"g": 185,
"b": 94
},
"hsl": {
"h": 134.118,
"s": 47.41,
"l": 49.216
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.69793,
"c": 0.16746,
"h": 148.1
},
"luminance": 0.36664
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#42B95E
secondary
#C790BA
accent
#51B7D7
background
#F8FCF8
surface
#F0F9F0
border
#CBD2CB
text
#0C140C
muted
#7D827D