#42C55A#42C55A

#42C55A is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.187 H 146.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C55A
RGB	rgb(66, 197, 90)
HSL	hsl(131, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(131, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 0%, 54.3%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.75, -57.65, 42.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.75, 71.92, 143.28°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% -0.1556 0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.187 146.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.0568, 41.8264, 16.4764)
Luminance	0.4183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C55A #C542AD

analogous

#6CC542 #42C55A #42C59B

triadic

#42C55A #5A42C5 #C55A42

tetradic

#42C55A #426CC5 #C542AD #C59B42

square

#42C55A #426CC5 #C542AD #C59B42

split-complementary

#42C55A #9B42C5 #C5426C

monochromatic

#216C2F #2F9A43 #42C55A #71D383 #A0E2AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#42C55A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#42C55A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C55A

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C55A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C55A	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B450

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A962

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#15C1AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c55a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 197, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.187 146.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d88b',
    500: '#42c55a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c55a;
$custom-light: #86d88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c55a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 130.992,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72853,
    "c": 0.18655,
    "h": 146.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C55A

secondary

#CE95C4

accent

#4BC2DC

background

#F8FDF8

surface

#F0FAF0

border

#CBD3CB

text

#0C150C

muted

#7D837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C55A

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

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