#42C057#42C057

#42C057 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.183 H 146.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C057
RGB	rgb(66, 192, 87)
HSL	hsl(130, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(130, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 0%, 54.7%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.14, -56.25, 42.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.14, 70.50, 142.93°)
OKLab	oklab(71.51% -0.1519 0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(71.51% 0.183 146.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.8152, 39.5433, 15.4452)
Luminance	0.3955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C057 #C042AB

analogous

#6CC042 #42C057 #42C096

triadic

#42C057 #5742C0 #C05742

tetradic

#42C057 #426CC0 #C042AB #C09642

square

#42C057 #426CC0 #C042AB #C09642

split-complementary

#42C057 #9642C0 #C0426C

monochromatic

#22662D #319442 #42C057 #70CF80 #9EDFA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#42C057 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#42C057 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C057

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C057	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C057	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AF4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A55F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1BBCA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c057;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 192, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.183 146.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d489',
    500: '#42c057',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c057;
$custom-light: #85d489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c057",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 130,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71514,
    "c": 0.18277,
    "h": 146.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C057

secondary

#CB93C2

accent

#4EC2DA

background

#F8FDF8

surface

#F0FAF0

border

#CBD3CB

text

#0C140C

muted

#7D837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C057

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

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