#42CC85#42CC85

#42CC85 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.157 H 156.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CC85
RGB	rgb(66, 204, 133)
HSL	hsl(149, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(149, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 34.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.57, -53.10, 24.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.57, 58.64, 154.89°)
OKLab	oklab(75.38% -0.1439 0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(75.38% 0.157 156.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.0707, 46.0344, 29.5919)
Luminance	0.4604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CC85 #CC4289

analogous

#44CC42 #42CC85 #42CCCA

triadic

#42CC85 #8542CC #CC8542

tetradic

#42CC85 #4244CC #CC4289 #CCCA42

square

#42CC85 #4244CC #CC4289 #CCCA42

split-complementary

#42CC85 #CA42CC #CC4244

monochromatic

#1F7449 #2CA467 #42CC85 #72D9A4 #A2E6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#42CC85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#42CC85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CC85

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CC85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CC85	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBBC80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B08A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cc85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 204, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.157 156.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dca9',
    500: '#42cc85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cc85;
$custom-light: #87dca9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cc85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 149.13,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75384,
    "c": 0.15693,
    "h": 156.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CC85

secondary

#D397B6

accent

#4796E1

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0D1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CC85

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

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