#42C459#42C459

#42C459 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.186 H 146.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C459
RGB	rgb(66, 196, 89)
HSL	hsl(131, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(131, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 0%, 54.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.43, -57.43, 43.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.43, 71.79, 143.12°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% -0.155 0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.186 146.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.7882, 41.3569, 16.1783)
Luminance	0.4136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C459 #C442AD

analogous

#6CC442 #42C459 #42C49A

triadic

#42C459 #5942C4 #C45942

tetradic

#42C459 #426CC4 #C442AD #C49A42

square

#42C459 #426CC4 #C442AD #C49A42

split-complementary

#42C459 #9A42C4 #C4426C

monochromatic

#216A2E #309942 #42C459 #71D382 #9FE1AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#42C459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#42C459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C459

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C459	1.00	2.26	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B34F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A861

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#16C0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 196, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.186 146.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d78a',
    500: '#42c459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c459;
$custom-light: #86d78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 130.615,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7258,
    "c": 0.18614,
    "h": 146.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C459

secondary

#CE94C3

accent

#4CC2DC

background

#F8FDF8

surface

#F0FAF0

border

#CBD3CB

text

#0C140C

muted

#7D837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C459

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

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