#42C56F#42C56F

#42C56F is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.168 H 151.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42C56F
RGBrgb(66, 197, 111)
HSLhsl(141, 53%, 52%)
HSVhsv(141, 66%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(66.5%, 0%, 43.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(71.03, -54.44, 32.94)
CIE-LCHlch(71.03, 63.63, 148.83°)
OKLaboklab(73.18% -0.1468 0.0812)
OKLCHoklch(73.18% 0.168 151.1)
XYZxyz(25.0802, 42.2358, 21.8664)
Luminance0.4224 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42C56F #C54298
analogous
#57C542 #42C56F #42C5B1
triadic
#42C56F #6F42C5 #C56F42
tetradic
#42C56F #4257C5 #C54298 #C5B142
square
#42C56F #4257C5 #C54298 #C5B142
split-complementary
#42C56F #B142C5 #C54257
monochromatic
#216C3B #2F9A54 #42C56F #71D393 #A0E2B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22
#42C56F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45
#42C56F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C56F
9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42C56F#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42C56F1.002.229.459.45
#FFFFFF2.221.0021.0021.00
#0000009.4521.001.001.00
##0000009.4521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C6B569
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B5A975
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C2B0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42c56f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 197, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.168 151.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d899',
    500: '#42c56f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42c56f;
$custom-light: #85d899;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42c56f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 140.611,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73178,
    "c": 0.16777,
    "h": 151.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42C56F
secondary
#CE95BA
accent
#4BABDC
background
#F8FDF9
surface
#F0FAF2
border
#CBD3CC
text
#0C150E
muted
#7D837E

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#42C56F Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva