#42C955#42C955

#42C955 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.196 H 145.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C955
RGB	rgb(66, 201, 85)
HSL	hsl(128, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(128, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 0%, 57.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.95, -59.72, 46.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.95, 75.85, 141.94°)
OKLab	oklab(73.83% -0.1613 0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(73.83% 0.196 145.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.7714, 43.5848, 15.6998)
Luminance	0.4359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C955 #C942B6

analogous

#73C942 #42C955 #42C998

triadic

#42C955 #5542C9 #C95542

tetradic

#42C955 #4273C9 #C942B6 #C99842

square

#42C955 #4273C9 #C942B6 #C99842

split-complementary

#42C955 #9842C9 #C94273

monochromatic

#20702B #2EA03E #42C955 #72D780 #A1E4AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#42C955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#42C955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C955

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C955	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB749

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAC5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#15C4B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 201, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.196 145.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87db88',
    500: '#42c955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c955;
$custom-light: #87db88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 128.444,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73826,
    "c": 0.19571,
    "h": 145.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C955

secondary

#D196C9

accent

#49CADF

background

#F8FDF8

surface

#F0FBF0

border

#CBD4CB

text

#0D150C

muted

#7D837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C955

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

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