#42CA85#42CA85

#42CA85 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.154 H 156.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CA85
RGB	rgb(66, 202, 133)
HSL	hsl(150, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(150, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 34.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.95, -52.31, 24.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.95, 57.58, 155.32°)
OKLab	oklab(74.88% -0.1419 0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(74.88% 0.154 156.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.5984, 45.0898, 29.4345)
Luminance	0.4509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CA85 #CA4287

analogous

#43CA42 #42CA85 #42CAC9

triadic

#42CA85 #8542CA #CA8542

tetradic

#42CA85 #4243CA #CA4287 #CAC942

square

#42CA85 #4243CA #CA4287 #CAC942

split-complementary

#42CA85 #C942CA #CA4243

monochromatic

#207248 #2DA267 #42CA85 #72D7A4 #A2E5C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#42CA85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#42CA85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CA85

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CA85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CA85	1.00	2.10	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9BA81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AE89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ca85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 202, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.154 156.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86dba9',
    500: '#42ca85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ca85;
$custom-light: #86dba9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ca85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 149.559,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74877,
    "c": 0.15428,
    "h": 156.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CA85

secondary

#D196B4

accent

#4895DF

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0C1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CA85

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

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