#42C560#42C560

#42C560 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.181 H 147.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C560
RGB	rgb(66, 197, 96)
HSL	hsl(134, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(134, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 0%, 51.3%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.82, -56.80, 40.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.82, 69.58, 144.72°)
OKLab	oklab(72.94% -0.1532 0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(72.94% 0.181 147.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.3226, 41.9327, 17.8761)
Luminance	0.4194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C560 #C542A7

analogous

#66C542 #42C560 #42C5A1

triadic

#42C560 #6042C5 #C56042

tetradic

#42C560 #4266C5 #C542A7 #C5A142

square

#42C560 #4266C5 #C542A7 #C5A142

split-complementary

#42C560 #A142C5 #C54266

monochromatic

#216C32 #2F9A48 #42C560 #71D387 #A0E2AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#42C560 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#42C560 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C560

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C560	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C560	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B457

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A967

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0FC1AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c560;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 197, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.181 147.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d88f',
    500: '#42c560',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c560;
$custom-light: #86d88f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c560",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 133.74,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72938,
    "c": 0.18134,
    "h": 147.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C560

secondary

#CE95C1

accent

#4BBBDC

background

#F8FDF8

surface

#F0FAF0

border

#CBD3CB

text

#0C150C

muted

#7D837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C560

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

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