#42C56E#42C56E

#42C56E is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.169 H 150.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C56E
RGB	rgb(66, 197, 110)
HSL	hsl(140, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(140, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 0%, 44.2%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.02, -54.61, 33.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.02, 64.03, 148.53°)
OKLab	oklab(73.16% -0.1473 0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(73.16% 0.169 150.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.0255, 42.2139, 21.5781)
Luminance	0.4222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C56E #C54299

analogous

#58C542 #42C56E #42C5B0

triadic

#42C56E #6E42C5 #C56E42

tetradic

#42C56E #4258C5 #C54299 #C5B042

square

#42C56E #4258C5 #C54299 #C5B042

split-complementary

#42C56E #B042C5 #C54258

monochromatic

#216C3A #2F9A53 #42C56E #71D392 #A0E2B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#42C56E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#42C56E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C56E

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C56E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C56E	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)

#C6B567

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A974

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c56e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 197, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.169 150.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d899',
    500: '#42c56e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c56e;
$custom-light: #85d899;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c56e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 140.153,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73161,
    "c": 0.16869,
    "h": 150.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C56E

secondary

#CE95BB

accent

#4BACDC

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FAF2

border

#CBD3CC

text

#0C150E

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C56E

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

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