#42C657#42C657

#42C657 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.190 H 146.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C657
RGB	rgb(66, 198, 87)
HSL	hsl(130, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(130, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 56.1%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.03, -58.40, 44.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.03, 73.58, 142.54°)
OKLab	oklab(73.07% -0.1577 0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(73.07% 0.19 146)
XYZ	xyz(24.1595, 42.2320, 15.8933)
Luminance	0.4224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C657 #C642B1

analogous

#6FC642 #42C657 #42C699

triadic

#42C657 #5742C6 #C65742

tetradic

#42C657 #426FC6 #C642B1 #C69942

square

#42C657 #426FC6 #C642B1 #C69942

split-complementary

#42C657 #9942C6 #C6426F

monochromatic

#216D2D #2F9C40 #42C657 #71D481 #A0E2AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#42C657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#42C657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C657

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C657	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B54C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AA60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#16C1AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 198, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.190 146.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d889',
    500: '#42c657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c657;
$custom-light: #86d889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 129.545,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73073,
    "c": 0.19034,
    "h": 146
  },
  "luminance": 0.42235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C657

secondary

#CF95C6

accent

#4BC6DD

background

#F8FDF8

surface

#F0FBF0

border

#CBD4CB

text

#0C150C

muted

#7D837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C657

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

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