#42C756#42C756

#42C756 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.192 H 145.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C756
RGB	rgb(66, 199, 86)
HSL	hsl(129, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(129, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 0%, 56.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.33, -58.89, 45.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.33, 74.46, 142.26°)
OKLab	oklab(73.32% -0.1591 0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(73.32% 0.192 145.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.3483, 42.6744, 15.7561)
Luminance	0.4268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C756 #C742B3

analogous

#70C742 #42C756 #42C799

triadic

#42C756 #5642C7 #C75642

tetradic

#42C756 #4270C7 #C742B3 #C79942

square

#42C756 #4270C7 #C742B3 #C79942

split-complementary

#42C756 #9942C7 #C74270

monochromatic

#216E2C #2F9D3F #42C756 #71D580 #A0E3AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#42C756 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#42C756 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C756

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C756	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C756	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB54B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#16C2AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c756;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 199, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.192 145.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d989',
    500: '#42c756',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c756;
$custom-light: #87d989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c756",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 129.023,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7332,
    "c": 0.19241,
    "h": 145.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C756

secondary

#D095C7

accent

#4AC7DE

background

#F8FDF8

surface

#F0FBF0

border

#CBD4CB

text

#0D150C

muted

#7D837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C756

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

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