#42C455#42C455

#42C455 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.190 H 145.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C455
RGB	rgb(66, 196, 85)
HSL	hsl(129, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(129, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 0%, 56.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.38, -57.95, 44.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.38, 73.32, 142.22°)
OKLab	oklab(72.53% -0.1566 0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(72.53% 0.19 145.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.6248, 41.2915, 15.3176)
Luminance	0.4129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C455 #C442B1

analogous

#70C442 #42C455 #42C496

triadic

#42C455 #5542C4 #C45542

tetradic

#42C455 #4270C4 #C442B1 #C49642

square

#42C455 #4270C4 #C442B1 #C49642

split-complementary

#42C455 #9642C4 #C44270

monochromatic

#216A2C #30993F #42C455 #71D37F #9FE1A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#42C455 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#42C455 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C455

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C455	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C455	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B34A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A85E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#19BFAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c455;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 196, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.190 145.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d788',
    500: '#42c455',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c455;
$custom-light: #86d788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c455",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 128.769,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72528,
    "c": 0.1895,
    "h": 145.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C455

secondary

#CE94C5

accent

#4CC7DC

background

#F8FDF8

surface

#F0FAF0

border

#CBD3CB

text

#0C140C

muted

#7D837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C455

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

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