#42C656#42C656

#42C656 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.191 H 145.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C656
RGB	rgb(66, 198, 86)
HSL	hsl(129, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(129, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 56.6%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.02, -58.53, 45.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.02, 73.96, 142.32°)
OKLab	oklab(73.06% -0.1581 0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(73.06% 0.191 145.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.1189, 42.2158, 15.6797)
Luminance	0.4222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C656 #C642B2

analogous

#70C642 #42C656 #42C698

triadic

#42C656 #5642C6 #C65642

tetradic

#42C656 #4270C6 #C642B2 #C69842

square

#42C656 #4270C6 #C642B2 #C69842

split-complementary

#42C656 #9842C6 #C64270

monochromatic

#216D2C #2F9C3F #42C656 #71D480 #A0E2AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#42C656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#42C656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C656

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C656	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)

#C9B54B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AA5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#17C1AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 198, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.191 145.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d889',
    500: '#42c656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c656;
$custom-light: #86d889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 129.091,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7306,
    "c": 0.19117,
    "h": 145.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C656

secondary

#CF95C6

accent

#4BC7DD

background

#F8FDF8

surface

#F0FBF0

border

#CBD4CB

text

#0C150C

muted

#7D837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C656

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

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