#42C85D#42C85D

#42C85D is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.188 H 146.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C85D
RGB	rgb(66, 200, 93)
HSL	hsl(132, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(132, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 53.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.73, -58.31, 42.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.73, 72.30, 143.76°)
OKLab	oklab(73.67% -0.1573 0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(73.67% 0.188 146.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.8751, 43.2545, 17.3918)
Luminance	0.4326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C85D #C842AD

analogous

#6AC842 #42C85D #42C8A0

triadic

#42C85D #5D42C8 #C85D42

tetradic

#42C85D #426AC8 #C842AD #C8A042

square

#42C85D #426AC8 #C842AD #C8A042

split-complementary

#42C85D #A042C8 #C8426A

monochromatic

#206F30 #2E9F45 #42C85D #71D686 #A1E4AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#42C85D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#42C85D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C85D

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C85D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C85D	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB753

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAB65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0EC4B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c85d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 200, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.188 146.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86da8d',
    500: '#42c85d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c85d;
$custom-light: #86da8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c85d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 132.09,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73672,
    "c": 0.18777,
    "h": 146.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C85D

secondary

#D096C4

accent

#4AC0DE

background

#F8FDF8

surface

#F0FBF0

border

#CBD4CB

text

#0D150C

muted

#7D837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C85D

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

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