#42B96A#42B96A

#42B96A is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.156 H 151.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B96A
RGB	rgb(66, 185, 106)
HSL	hsl(140, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(140, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 0%, 42.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.20, -50.71, 30.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.20, 59.20, 148.93°)
OKLab	oklab(69.99% -0.1369 0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(69.99% 0.156 151.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.1955, 36.8945, 19.5845)
Luminance	0.3690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B96A #B94291

analogous

#56B942 #42B96A #42B9A6

triadic

#42B96A #6A42B9 #B96A42

tetradic

#42B96A #4256B9 #B94291 #B9A642

square

#42B96A #4256B9 #B94291 #B9A642

split-complementary

#42B96A #A642B9 #B94256

monochromatic

#225F36 #328C50 #42B96A #6DCB8D #9ADBB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#42B96A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#42B96A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B96A

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B96A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B96A	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAAA64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9F6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#11B6A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b96a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 185, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.156 151.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cf95',
    500: '#42b96a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b96a;
$custom-light: #83cf95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b96a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 140.168,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69994,
    "c": 0.15634,
    "h": 151.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B96A

secondary

#C790B4

accent

#51AAD7

background

#F8FCF9

surface

#F0F9F2

border

#CBD2CC

text

#0C140D

muted

#7D827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B96A

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

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