#42C862#42C862

#42C862 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.183 H 147.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C862
RGB	rgb(66, 200, 98)
HSL	hsl(134, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(134, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 51%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.79, -57.60, 40.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.79, 70.35, 144.96°)
OKLab	oklab(73.74% -0.1553 0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(73.74% 0.183 147.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.1038, 43.3460, 18.5965)
Luminance	0.4335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C862 #C842A8

analogous

#65C842 #42C862 #42C8A5

triadic

#42C862 #6242C8 #C86242

tetradic

#42C862 #4265C8 #C842A8 #C8A542

square

#42C862 #4265C8 #C842A8 #C8A542

split-complementary

#42C862 #A542C8 #C84265

monochromatic

#206F33 #2E9F49 #42C862 #71D689 #A1E4B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#42C862 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#42C862 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C862

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C862	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C862	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB759

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAB69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#07C4B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c862;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 200, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.183 147.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86da91',
    500: '#42c862',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c862;
$custom-light: #86da91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c862",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 134.328,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73743,
    "c": 0.18342,
    "h": 147.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C862

secondary

#D096C2

accent

#4ABBDE

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FBF1

border

#CBD4CB

text

#0C150D

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C862

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

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