#42CD85#42CD85

#42CD85 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.158 H 156.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CD85
RGB	rgb(66, 205, 133)
HSL	hsl(149, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(149, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 35.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.88, -53.48, 25.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.88, 59.16, 154.69°)
OKLab	oklab(75.64% -0.1449 0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(75.64% 0.158 156.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.3091, 46.5112, 29.6714)
Luminance	0.4651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CD85 #CD428A

analogous

#44CD42 #42CD85 #42CDCB

triadic

#42CD85 #8542CD #CD8542

tetradic

#42CD85 #4244CD #CD428A #CDCB42

square

#42CD85 #4244CD #CD428A #CDCB42

split-complementary

#42CD85 #CB42CD #CD4244

monochromatic

#1F7649 #2CA667 #42CD85 #72DAA4 #A3E7C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#42CD85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#42CD85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CD85

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CD85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CD85	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCBD80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB18A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cd85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 205, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.158 156.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dda9',
    500: '#42cd85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cd85;
$custom-light: #87dda9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cd85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 148.921,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75638,
    "c": 0.15824,
    "h": 156.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CD85

secondary

#D397B6

accent

#4697E1

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0D1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CD85

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

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