#42C855#42C855

#42C855 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.194 H 145.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C855
RGB	rgb(66, 200, 85)
HSL	hsl(129, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(129, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 57.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.64, -59.36, 46.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.64, 75.34, 141.99°)
OKLab	oklab(73.57% -0.1604 0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(73.57% 0.194 145.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.5391, 43.1201, 15.6224)
Luminance	0.4312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C855 #C842B5

analogous

#72C842 #42C855 #42C898

triadic

#42C855 #5542C8 #C85542

tetradic

#42C855 #4272C8 #C842B5 #C89842

square

#42C855 #4272C8 #C842B5 #C89842

split-complementary

#42C855 #9842C8 #C84272

monochromatic

#206F2C #2E9F3E #42C855 #71D680 #A1E4AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#42C855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#42C855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C855

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C855	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB64A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAB5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#16C3AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 200, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.194 145.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87da88',
    500: '#42c855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c855;
$custom-light: #87da88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 128.507,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73567,
    "c": 0.19448,
    "h": 145.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C855

secondary

#D096C8

accent

#4AC9DE

background

#F8FDF8

surface

#F0FBF0

border

#CBD4CB

text

#0D150C

muted

#7D837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C855

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

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