#42C059#42C059

#42C059 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.181 H 146.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C059
RGB	rgb(66, 192, 89)
HSL	hsl(131, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(131, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 0%, 53.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, -55.98, 41.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 69.72, 143.41°)
OKLab	oklab(71.54% -0.1511 0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(71.54% 0.181 146.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.8980, 39.5764, 15.8815)
Luminance	0.3958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C059 #C042A9

analogous

#6AC042 #42C059 #42C098

triadic

#42C059 #5942C0 #C05942

tetradic

#42C059 #426AC0 #C042A9 #C09842

square

#42C059 #426AC0 #C042A9 #C09842

split-complementary

#42C059 #9842C0 #C0426A

monochromatic

#22662E #319443 #42C059 #70CF81 #9EDFAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#42C059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#42C059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C059

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C059	1.00	2.36	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AF50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A561

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1ABCA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 192, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.181 146.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d48a',
    500: '#42c059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c059;
$custom-light: #85d48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 130.952,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71541,
    "c": 0.18104,
    "h": 146.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C059

secondary

#CB93C1

accent

#4EC0DA

background

#F8FDF8

surface

#F0FAF0

border

#CBD3CB

text

#0C140C

muted

#7D837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C059

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

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