#42CA5F#42CA5F

#42CA5F is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.189 H 147.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CA5F
RGB	rgb(66, 202, 95)
HSL	hsl(133, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(133, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 53%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.38, -58.75, 42.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.38, 72.55, 144.07°)
OKLab	oklab(74.22% -0.1584 0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(74.22% 0.189 147.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.4310, 44.2228, 18.0199)
Luminance	0.4423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CA5F #CA42AD

analogous

#69CA42 #42CA5F #42CAA3

triadic

#42CA5F #5F42CA #CA5F42

tetradic

#42CA5F #4269CA #CA42AD #CAA342

square

#42CA5F #4269CA #CA42AD #CAA342

split-complementary

#42CA5F #A342CA #CA4269

monochromatic

#207231 #2DA246 #42CA5F #72D787 #A2E5B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#42CA5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#42CA5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CA5F

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CA5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CA5F	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB855

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAD67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#09C6B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ca5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 202, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.189 147.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87db8f',
    500: '#42ca5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ca5f;
$custom-light: #87db8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ca5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 132.794,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74216,
    "c": 0.18857,
    "h": 147.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CA5F

secondary

#D196C5

accent

#48BFDF

background

#F8FDF8

surface

#F0FBF0

border

#CBD4CB

text

#0D150C

muted

#7D837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CA5F

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

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