#42C985#42C985

#42C985 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.153 H 157.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C985
RGB	rgb(66, 201, 133)
HSL	hsl(150, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(150, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 0%, 33.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.64, -51.92, 23.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.64, 57.05, 155.53°)
OKLab	oklab(74.62% -0.1409 0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(74.62% 0.153 157.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.3645, 44.6220, 29.3565)
Luminance	0.4462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C985 #C94286

analogous

#42C942 #42C985 #42C9C9

triadic

#42C985 #8542C9 #C98542

tetradic

#42C985 #4242C9 #C94286 #C9C942

square

#42C985 #4242C9 #C94286 #C9C942

split-complementary

#42C985 #C942C9 #C94242

monochromatic

#207048 #2EA066 #42C985 #72D7A4 #A1E4C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#42C985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#42C985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C985

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C985	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8BA81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6AD89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 201, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.153 157.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86daa9',
    500: '#42c985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c985;
$custom-light: #86daa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 149.778,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74623,
    "c": 0.15296,
    "h": 157.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C985

secondary

#D196B4

accent

#4994DF

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0C1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C985

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

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