#42BE57#42BE57

#42BE57 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.180 H 146.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BE57
RGB	rgb(66, 190, 87)
HSL	hsl(130, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(130, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 0%, 54.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.51, -55.53, 41.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.51, 69.46, 143.07°)
OKLab	oklab(70.99% -0.15 0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(70.99% 0.18 146.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.3790, 38.6710, 15.2998)
Luminance	0.3867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BE57 #BE42A9

analogous

#6BBE42 #42BE57 #42BE95

triadic

#42BE57 #5742BE #BE5742

tetradic

#42BE57 #426BBE #BE42A9 #BE9542

square

#42BE57 #426BBE #BE42A9 #BE9542

split-complementary

#42BE57 #9542BE #BE426B

monochromatic

#22632D #329142 #42BE57 #70CE7F #9DDDA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#42BE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#42BE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BE57

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BE57	1.00	2.40	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.40	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)

#C1AD4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A35F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1CBAA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42be57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 190, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.180 146.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d389',
    500: '#42be57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42be57;
$custom-light: #85d389;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42be57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 130.161,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70993,
    "c": 0.18021,
    "h": 146.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BE57

secondary

#CA92C0

accent

#4FC1D8

background

#F8FDF8

surface

#F0FAF0

border

#CBD3CB

text

#0C140C

muted

#7D837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BE57

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

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