#42CE56#42CE56

#42CE56 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.201 H 145.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CE56
RGB	rgb(66, 206, 86)
HSL	hsl(129, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(129, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 58.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.53, -61.33, 48.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.53, 77.97, 141.87°)
OKLab	oklab(75.13% -0.1657 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(75.13% 0.201 145.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.9960, 45.9700, 16.3054)
Luminance	0.4597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CE56 #CE42BA

analogous

#74CE42 #42CE56 #42CE9C

triadic

#42CE56 #5642CE #CE5642

tetradic

#42CE56 #4274CE #CE42BA #CE9C42

square

#42CE56 #4274CE #CE42BA #CE9C42

split-complementary

#42CE56 #9C42CE #CE4274

monochromatic

#1F772B #2BA73D #42CE56 #73DB81 #A3E7AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#42CE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#42CE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CE56

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CE56	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BC4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B060

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0EC9B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ce56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 206, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.201 145.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88de89',
    500: '#42ce56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ce56;
$custom-light: #88de89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ce56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 128.571,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75133,
    "c": 0.20103,
    "h": 145.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CE56

secondary

#D498CB

accent

#46CCE2

background

#F9FDF8

surface

#F1FBF0

border

#CBD4CB

text

#0D150C

muted

#7E837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CE56

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

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