#42CB56#42CB56

#42CB56 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.197 H 145.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CB56
RGB	rgb(66, 203, 86)
HSL	hsl(129, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(129, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 0%, 57.6%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.59, -60.29, 47.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.59, 76.48, 142.03°)
OKLab	oklab(74.36% -0.1629 0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(74.36% 0.197 145.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.2807, 44.5393, 16.0669)
Luminance	0.4454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CB56 #CB42B7

analogous

#73CB42 #42CB56 #42CB9A

triadic

#42CB56 #5642CB #CB5642

tetradic

#42CB56 #4273CB #CB42B7 #CB9A42

square

#42CB56 #4273CB #CB42B7 #CB9A42

split-complementary

#42CB56 #9A42CB #CB4273

monochromatic

#20732C #2DA33E #42CB56 #72D881 #A2E5AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#42CB56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#42CB56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CB56

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CB56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CB56	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB94A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAE5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#12C6B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cb56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 203, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.197 145.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dc89',
    500: '#42cb56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cb56;
$custom-light: #87dc89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cb56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 128.759,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74357,
    "c": 0.19735,
    "h": 145.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CB56

secondary

#D297C9

accent

#48CAE0

background

#F9FDF8

surface

#F1FBF0

border

#CBD4CB

text

#0D150C

muted

#7E837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CB56

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

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