#42CA56#42CA56

#42CA56 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.196 H 145.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CA56
RGB	rgb(66, 202, 86)
HSL	hsl(129, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(129, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 57.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.27, -59.94, 46.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.27, 75.97, 142.09°)
OKLab	oklab(74.1% -0.1619 0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(74.1% 0.196 145.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.0453, 44.0685, 15.9885)
Luminance	0.4407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CA56 #CA42B6

analogous

#72CA42 #42CA56 #42CA9A

triadic

#42CA56 #5642CA #CA5642

tetradic

#42CA56 #4272CA #CA42B6 #CA9A42

square

#42CA56 #4272CA #CA42B6 #CA9A42

split-complementary

#42CA56 #9A42CA #CA4272

monochromatic

#20722C #2DA23E #42CA56 #72D781 #A2E5AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#42CA56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#42CA56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CA56

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CA56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CA56	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB84A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAD5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#13C5B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ca56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 202, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.196 145.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87db89',
    500: '#42ca56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ca56;
$custom-light: #87db89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ca56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 128.824,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74098,
    "c": 0.19613,
    "h": 145.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CA56

secondary

#D196C9

accent

#48C9DF

background

#F9FDF8

surface

#F1FBF0

border

#CBD4CB

text

#0D150C

muted

#7E837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CA56

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

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