#42C859#42C859

#42C859 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.191 H 146.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C859
RGB	rgb(66, 200, 89)
HSL	hsl(130, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(130, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 55.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.68, -58.85, 44.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.68, 73.83, 142.85°)
OKLab	oklab(73.62% -0.1589 0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(73.62% 0.191 146.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.7025, 43.1855, 16.4830)
Luminance	0.4319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C859 #C842B1

analogous

#6EC842 #42C859 #42C89C

triadic

#42C859 #5942C8 #C85942

tetradic

#42C859 #426EC8 #C842B1 #C89C42

square

#42C859 #426EC8 #C842B1 #C89C42

split-complementary

#42C859 #9C42C8 #C8426E

monochromatic

#206F2E #2E9F41 #42C859 #71D683 #A1E4AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#42C859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#42C859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C859

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C859	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB64E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAB62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#12C3AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 200, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.191 146.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87da8b',
    500: '#42c859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c859;
$custom-light: #87da8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 130.299,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73618,
    "c": 0.19117,
    "h": 146.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C859

secondary

#D096C6

accent

#4AC5DE

background

#F8FDF8

surface

#F0FBF0

border

#CBD4CB

text

#0D150C

muted

#7D837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C859

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

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