#42C55E#42C55E

#42C55E is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.183 H 147.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C55E
RGB	rgb(66, 197, 94)
HSL	hsl(133, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(133, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 0%, 52.3%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.80, -57.09, 41.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.80, 70.36, 144.23°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% -0.154 0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.183 147.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.2317, 41.8964, 17.3973)
Luminance	0.4190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C55E #C542A9

analogous

#68C542 #42C55E #42C59F

triadic

#42C55E #5E42C5 #C55E42

tetradic

#42C55E #4268C5 #C542A9 #C59F42

square

#42C55E #4268C5 #C542A9 #C59F42

split-complementary

#42C55E #9F42C5 #C54268

monochromatic

#216C31 #2F9A46 #42C55E #71D386 #A0E2AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#42C55E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#42C55E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C55E

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C55E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C55E	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B455

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A966

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#11C1AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c55e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 197, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.183 147.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d88e',
    500: '#42c55e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c55e;
$custom-light: #86d88e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c55e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 132.824,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72909,
    "c": 0.18309,
    "h": 147.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C55E

secondary

#CE95C2

accent

#4BBDDC

background

#F8FDF8

surface

#F0FAF0

border

#CBD3CB

text

#0C150C

muted

#7D837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C55E

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

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