#42B962#42B962

#42B962 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.164 H 149.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B962
RGB	rgb(66, 185, 98)
HSL	hsl(136, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(136, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 0%, 47%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.08, -52.04, 34.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.08, 62.44, 146.45°)
OKLab	oklab(69.86% -0.1404 0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(69.86% 0.164 149)
XYZ	xyz(21.7987, 36.7358, 17.4948)
Luminance	0.3674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B962 #B94299

analogous

#5EB942 #42B962 #42B99D

triadic

#42B962 #6242B9 #B96242

tetradic

#42B962 #425EB9 #B94299 #B99D42

square

#42B962 #425EB9 #B94299 #B99D42

split-complementary

#42B962 #9D42B9 #B9425E

monochromatic

#225F32 #328C4A #42B962 #6DCB86 #9ADBAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#42B962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#42B962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B962

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B962	1.00	2.52	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAAA5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9F68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#18B6A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 185, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.164 149.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cf90',
    500: '#42b962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b962;
$custom-light: #83cf90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 136.134,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69857,
    "c": 0.16379,
    "h": 149
  },
  "luminance": 0.36738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B962

secondary

#C790B8

accent

#51B3D7

background

#F8FCF8

surface

#F0F9F0

border

#CBD2CB

text

#0C140C

muted

#7D827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B962

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

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