#42C56D#42C56D

#42C56D is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.170 H 150.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C56D
RGB	rgb(66, 197, 109)
HSL	hsl(140, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(140, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 0%, 44.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.00, -54.78, 33.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.00, 64.43, 148.23°)
OKLab	oklab(73.14% -0.1477 0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(73.14% 0.17 150.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.9714, 42.1922, 21.2929)
Luminance	0.4219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C56D #C5429A

analogous

#59C542 #42C56D #42C5AF

triadic

#42C56D #6D42C5 #C56D42

tetradic

#42C56D #4259C5 #C5429A #C5AF42

square

#42C56D #4259C5 #C5429A #C5AF42

split-complementary

#42C56D #AF42C5 #C54259

monochromatic

#216C39 #2F9A53 #42C56D #71D391 #A0E2B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#42C56D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#42C56D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C56D

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C56D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C56D	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B566

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A973

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c56d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 197, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.170 150.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d898',
    500: '#42c56d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c56d;
$custom-light: #85d898;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c56d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 139.695,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73144,
    "c": 0.1696,
    "h": 150.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C56D

secondary

#CE95BB

accent

#4BADDC

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FAF2

border

#CBD3CC

text

#0C150E

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C56D

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

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