#42C568#42C568

#42C568 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.174 H 149.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C568
RGB	rgb(66, 197, 104)
HSL	hsl(137, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(137, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 0%, 47.2%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.93, -55.59, 36.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.93, 66.42, 146.82°)
OKLab	oklab(73.06% -0.1499 0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(73.06% 0.174 149.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.7098, 42.0876, 19.9155)
Luminance	0.4209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C568 #C5429F

analogous

#5EC542 #42C568 #42C5AA

triadic

#42C568 #6842C5 #C56842

tetradic

#42C568 #425EC5 #C5429F #C5AA42

square

#42C568 #425EC5 #C5429F #C5AA42

split-complementary

#42C568 #AA42C5 #C5425E

monochromatic

#216C37 #2F9A4E #42C568 #71D38D #A0E2B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#42C568 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#42C568 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C568

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C568	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C568	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B461

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A96F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#03C1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c568;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 197, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.174 149.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d894',
    500: '#42c568',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c568;
$custom-light: #86d894;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c568",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 137.405,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73061,
    "c": 0.17417,
    "h": 149.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C568

secondary

#CE95BD

accent

#4BB2DC

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FAF2

border

#CBD3CC

text

#0C150D

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C568

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

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