#42C85E#42C85E

#42C85E is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.187 H 147.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C85E
RGB	rgb(66, 200, 94)
HSL	hsl(133, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(133, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 53%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.74, -58.17, 42.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.74, 71.91, 143.99°)
OKLab	oklab(73.69% -0.1569 0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(73.69% 0.187 147.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.9197, 43.2723, 17.6266)
Luminance	0.4328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C85E #C842AC

analogous

#69C842 #42C85E #42C8A1

triadic

#42C85E #5E42C8 #C85E42

tetradic

#42C85E #4269C8 #C842AC #C8A142

square

#42C85E #4269C8 #C842AC #C8A142

split-complementary

#42C85E #A142C8 #C84269

monochromatic

#206F31 #2E9F46 #42C85E #71D686 #A1E4AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#42C85E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#42C85E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C85E

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C85E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C85E	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)

#CAB755

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAB66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0DC4B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c85e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 200, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.187 147.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86da8e',
    500: '#42c85e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c85e;
$custom-light: #86da8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c85e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 132.537,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73685,
    "c": 0.18691,
    "h": 147.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C85E

secondary

#D096C4

accent

#4ABFDE

background

#F8FDF8

surface

#F0FBF0

border

#CBD4CB

text

#0D150C

muted

#7D837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C85E

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

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