#42BE56#42BE56

#42BE56 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.181 H 146.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BE56
RGB	rgb(66, 190, 86)
HSL	hsl(130, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(130, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 0%, 54.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.50, -55.66, 42.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.50, 69.85, 142.83°)
OKLab	oklab(70.98% -0.1504 0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(70.98% 0.181 146.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.3384, 38.6548, 15.0862)
Luminance	0.3866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BE56 #BE42AA

analogous

#6CBE42 #42BE56 #42BE94

triadic

#42BE56 #5642BE #BE5642

tetradic

#42BE56 #426CBE #BE42AA #BE9442

square

#42BE56 #426CBE #BE42AA #BE9442

split-complementary

#42BE56 #9442BE #BE426C

monochromatic

#22632D #329141 #42BE56 #70CE7F #9DDDA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#42BE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#42BE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BE56

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BE56	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AD4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A35E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1DBAA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42be56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 190, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.181 146.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d388',
    500: '#42be56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42be56;
$custom-light: #85d388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42be56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 129.677,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70979,
    "c": 0.18107,
    "h": 146.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BE56

secondary

#CA92C1

accent

#4FC2D8

background

#F8FDF8

surface

#F0FAF0

border

#CBD3CB

text

#0C140C

muted

#7D837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BE56

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

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