#42C562#42C562

#42C562 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.180 H 148.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C562
RGB	rgb(66, 197, 98)
HSL	hsl(135, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(135, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 0%, 50.3%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.85, -56.51, 39.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.85, 68.80, 145.23°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% -0.1524 0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.18 148.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.4158, 41.9700, 18.3672)
Luminance	0.4197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C562 #C542A5

analogous

#64C542 #42C562 #42C5A3

triadic

#42C562 #6242C5 #C56242

tetradic

#42C562 #4264C5 #C542A5 #C5A342

square

#42C562 #4264C5 #C542A5 #C5A342

split-complementary

#42C562 #A342C5 #C54264

monochromatic

#216C33 #2F9A4A #42C562 #71D389 #A0E2B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#42C562 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#42C562 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C562

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C562	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C562	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)

#C7B45A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A969

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0CC1AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c562;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 197, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.180 148.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d890',
    500: '#42c562',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c562;
$custom-light: #86d890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c562",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 134.656,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72968,
    "c": 0.17957,
    "h": 148.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C562

secondary

#CE95C0

accent

#4BB9DC

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FAF1

border

#CBD3CB

text

#0C150D

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C562

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

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