#42CA5E#42CA5E

#42CA5E is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.189 H 147.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CA5E
RGB	rgb(66, 202, 94)
HSL	hsl(132, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(132, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 53.5%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.37, -58.89, 43.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.37, 72.93, 143.84°)
OKLab	oklab(74.2% -0.1588 0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(74.2% 0.189 147)
XYZ	xyz(25.3859, 44.2048, 17.7820)
Luminance	0.4421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CA5E #CA42AE

analogous

#6ACA42 #42CA5E #42CAA2

triadic

#42CA5E #5E42CA #CA5E42

tetradic

#42CA5E #426ACA #CA42AE #CAA242

square

#42CA5E #426ACA #CA42AE #CAA242

split-complementary

#42CA5E #A242CA #CA426A

monochromatic

#207231 #2DA245 #42CA5E #72D787 #A2E5AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#42CA5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#42CA5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CA5E

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CA5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CA5E	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB854

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAD66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0AC6B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ca5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 202, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.189 147.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87db8e',
    500: '#42ca5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ca5e;
$custom-light: #87db8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ca5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 132.353,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74202,
    "c": 0.18944,
    "h": 147
  },
  "luminance": 0.44207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CA5E

secondary

#D196C5

accent

#48C0DF

background

#F8FDF8

surface

#F0FBF0

border

#CBD4CB

text

#0D150C

muted

#7D837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CA5E

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

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