#42BE59#42BE59

#42BE59 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.178 H 146.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BE59
RGB	rgb(66, 190, 89)
HSL	hsl(131, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(131, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 0%, 53.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.54, -55.25, 40.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.54, 68.68, 143.56°)
OKLab	oklab(71.02% -0.1492 0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(71.02% 0.178 146.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.4618, 38.7041, 15.7362)
Luminance	0.3871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BE59 #BE42A7

analogous

#69BE42 #42BE59 #42BE97

triadic

#42BE59 #5942BE #BE5942

tetradic

#42BE59 #4269BE #BE42A7 #BE9742

square

#42BE59 #4269BE #BE42A7 #BE9742

split-complementary

#42BE59 #9742BE #BE4269

monochromatic

#22632E #329143 #42BE59 #70CE81 #9DDDA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#42BE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#42BE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BE59

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BE59	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AE50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A361

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1BBAA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42be59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 190, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.178 146.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d38a',
    500: '#42be59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42be59;
$custom-light: #85d38a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42be59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 131.129,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71021,
    "c": 0.17847,
    "h": 146.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BE59

secondary

#CA92BF

accent

#4FBFD8

background

#F8FDF8

surface

#F0FAF0

border

#CBD3CB

text

#0C140C

muted

#7D837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BE59

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

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