#42C759#42C759

#42C759 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.190 H 146.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C759
RGB	rgb(66, 199, 89)
HSL	hsl(130, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(130, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 0%, 55.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.37, -58.50, 44.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.37, 73.32, 142.92°)
OKLab	oklab(73.36% -0.1579 0.1055)
OKLCH	oklch(73.36% 0.19 146.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.4717, 42.7238, 16.4061)
Luminance	0.4273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C759 #C742B0

analogous

#6EC742 #42C759 #42C79C

triadic

#42C759 #5942C7 #C75942

tetradic

#42C759 #426EC7 #C742B0 #C79C42

square

#42C759 #426EC7 #C742B0 #C79C42

split-complementary

#42C759 #9C42C7 #C7426E

monochromatic

#216E2E #2F9D42 #42C759 #71D582 #A0E3AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#42C759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#42C759 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C759

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C759	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB64F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#13C2AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 199, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.190 146.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d98b',
    500: '#42c759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c759;
$custom-light: #86d98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 130.376,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73359,
    "c": 0.18991,
    "h": 146.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C759

secondary

#D095C5

accent

#4AC4DE

background

#F8FDF8

surface

#F0FBF0

border

#CBD4CB

text

#0D150C

muted

#7D837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C759

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

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