#42C956#42C956

#42C956 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.195 H 145.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C956
RGB	rgb(66, 201, 86)
HSL	hsl(129, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(129, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 0%, 57.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.96, -59.59, 46.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.96, 75.47, 142.15°)
OKLab	oklab(73.84% -0.161 0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(73.84% 0.195 145.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.8115, 43.6008, 15.9105)
Luminance	0.4360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C956 #C942B5

analogous

#71C942 #42C956 #42C99A

triadic

#42C956 #5642C9 #C95642

tetradic

#42C956 #4271C9 #C942B5 #C99A42

square

#42C956 #4271C9 #C942B5 #C99A42

split-complementary

#42C956 #9A42C9 #C94271

monochromatic

#20702C #2EA03F #42C956 #72D781 #A1E4AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#42C956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#42C956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C956

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C956	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)

#CCB74B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAC5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#14C4B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 201, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.195 145.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87da89',
    500: '#42c956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c956;
$custom-light: #87da89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 128.889,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73839,
    "c": 0.19489,
    "h": 145.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C956

secondary

#D196C8

accent

#49C9DF

background

#F8FDF8

surface

#F0FBF0

border

#CBD4CB

text

#0D150C

muted

#7D837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C956

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

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