#42C05D#42C05D

#42C05D is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.178 H 147.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C05D
RGB	rgb(66, 192, 93)
HSL	hsl(133, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(133, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 0%, 51.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.22, -55.41, 39.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.22, 68.15, 144.40°)
OKLab	oklab(71.6% -0.1495 0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(71.6% 0.178 147.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.0706, 39.6454, 16.7903)
Luminance	0.3965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C05D #C042A5

analogous

#66C042 #42C05D #42C09C

triadic

#42C05D #5D42C0 #C05D42

tetradic

#42C05D #4266C0 #C042A5 #C09C42

square

#42C05D #4266C0 #C042A5 #C09C42

split-complementary

#42C05D #9C42C0 #C04266

monochromatic

#226630 #319446 #42C05D #70CF84 #9EDFAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#42C05D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#42C05D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C05D

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C05D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C05D	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B054

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A564

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#17BCA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c05d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 192, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.178 147.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d48d',
    500: '#42c05d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c05d;
$custom-light: #85d48d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c05d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 132.857,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71598,
    "c": 0.17754,
    "h": 147.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C05D

secondary

#CB93BF

accent

#4EBCDA

background

#F8FDF8

surface

#F0FAF0

border

#CBD3CB

text

#0C140C

muted

#7D837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C05D

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

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