#42C558#42C558

#42C558 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.188 H 146.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C558
RGB	rgb(66, 197, 88)
HSL	hsl(130, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(130, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 0%, 55.3%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.73, -57.92, 43.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.73, 72.68, 142.83°)
OKLab	oklab(72.83% -0.1564 0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(72.83% 0.188 146.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.9728, 41.7928, 16.0341)
Luminance	0.4179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C558 #C542AF

analogous

#6EC542 #42C558 #42C599

triadic

#42C558 #5842C5 #C55842

tetradic

#42C558 #426EC5 #C542AF #C59942

square

#42C558 #426EC5 #C542AF #C59942

split-complementary

#42C558 #9942C5 #C5426E

monochromatic

#216C2E #2F9A41 #42C558 #71D381 #A0E2AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#42C558 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#42C558 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C558

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C558	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C558	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B44E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A960

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#16C0AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c558;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 197, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.188 146.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d88a',
    500: '#42c558',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c558;
$custom-light: #86d88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c558",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 130.076,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72827,
    "c": 0.18825,
    "h": 146.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C558

secondary

#CE95C5

accent

#4BC4DC

background

#F8FDF8

surface

#F0FAF0

border

#CBD3CB

text

#0C150C

muted

#7D837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C558

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

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