#42CD56#42CD56

#42CD56 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.200 H 145.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CD56
RGB	rgb(66, 205, 86)
HSL	hsl(129, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(129, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 58%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.21, -60.98, 47.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.21, 77.47, 141.92°)
OKLab	oklab(74.88% -0.1647 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(74.88% 0.2 145.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.7561, 45.4900, 16.2254)
Luminance	0.4549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CD56 #CD42B9

analogous

#73CD42 #42CD56 #42CD9B

triadic

#42CD56 #5642CD #CD5642

tetradic

#42CD56 #4273CD #CD42B9 #CD9B42

square

#42CD56 #4273CD #CD42B9 #CD9B42

split-complementary

#42CD56 #9B42CD #CD4273

monochromatic

#1F762C #2CA63D #42CD56 #72DA81 #A3E7AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#42CD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#42CD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CD56

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CD56	1.00	2.08	10.10	10.10
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BB4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0FC8B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cd56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 205, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.200 145.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dd89',
    500: '#42cd56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cd56;
$custom-light: #88dd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cd56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 128.633,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74875,
    "c": 0.1998,
    "h": 145.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CD56

secondary

#D397CB

accent

#46CBE1

background

#F9FDF8

surface

#F1FBF0

border

#CBD4CB

text

#0D150C

muted

#7E837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CD56

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

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