#42C85B#42C85B

#42C85B is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.189 H 146.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C85B
RGB	rgb(66, 200, 91)
HSL	hsl(131, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(131, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 54.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.70, -58.58, 43.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.70, 73.07, 143.30°)
OKLab	oklab(73.64% -0.1581 0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(73.64% 0.189 146.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.7876, 43.2195, 16.9314)
Luminance	0.4322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C85B #C842AF

analogous

#6CC842 #42C85B #42C89E

triadic

#42C85B #5B42C8 #C85B42

tetradic

#42C85B #426CC8 #C842AF #C89E42

square

#42C85B #426CC8 #C842AF #C89E42

split-complementary

#42C85B #9E42C8 #C8426C

monochromatic

#206F2F #2E9F43 #42C85B #71D684 #A1E4AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#42C85B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#42C85B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C85B

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C85B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C85B	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)

#CBB751

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAB63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#10C3AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c85b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 200, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.189 146.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87da8c',
    500: '#42c85b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c85b;
$custom-light: #87da8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c85b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 131.194,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73644,
    "c": 0.18948,
    "h": 146.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C85B

secondary

#D096C5

accent

#4AC3DE

background

#F8FDF8

surface

#F0FBF0

border

#CBD4CB

text

#0D150C

muted

#7D837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C85B

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

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