#42C55B#42C55B

#42C55B is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.186 H 146.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C55B
RGB	rgb(66, 197, 91)
HSL	hsl(131, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(131, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 0%, 53.8%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.76, -57.51, 42.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.76, 71.53, 143.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.87% -0.1552 0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(72.87% 0.186 146.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.0997, 41.8436, 16.7020)
Luminance	0.4185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C55B #C542AC

analogous

#6BC542 #42C55B #42C59C

triadic

#42C55B #5B42C5 #C55B42

tetradic

#42C55B #426BC5 #C542AC #C59C42

square

#42C55B #426BC5 #C542AC #C59C42

split-complementary

#42C55B #9C42C5 #C5426B

monochromatic

#216C2F #2F9A44 #42C55B #71D384 #A0E2AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#42C55B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#42C55B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C55B

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C55B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C55B	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)

#C8B451

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A963

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#14C1AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c55b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 197, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.186 146.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d88c',
    500: '#42c55b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c55b;
$custom-light: #86d88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c55b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 131.45,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72867,
    "c": 0.1857,
    "h": 146.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C55B

secondary

#CE95C3

accent

#4BC1DC

background

#F8FDF8

surface

#F0FAF0

border

#CBD3CB

text

#0C150C

muted

#7D837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C55B

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

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