#42CE85#42CE85

#42CE85 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.160 H 156.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CE85
RGB	rgb(66, 206, 133)
HSL	hsl(149, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(149, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 35.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.18, -53.87, 25.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.18, 59.69, 154.49°)
OKLab	oklab(75.89% -0.1459 0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(75.89% 0.16 156.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.5491, 46.9912, 29.7514)
Luminance	0.4699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CE85 #CE428B

analogous

#45CE42 #42CE85 #42CECB

triadic

#42CE85 #8542CE #CE8542

tetradic

#42CE85 #4245CE #CE428B #CECB42

square

#42CE85 #4245CE #CE428B #CECB42

split-complementary

#42CE85 #CB42CE #CE4245

monochromatic

#1F7749 #2BA767 #42CE85 #73DBA4 #A3E7C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#42CE85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#42CE85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CE85

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CE85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CE85	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDBE80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB18A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ce85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 206, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.160 156.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dea9',
    500: '#42ce85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ce85;
$custom-light: #87dea9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ce85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 148.714,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75891,
    "c": 0.15956,
    "h": 156.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CE85

secondary

#D498B7

accent

#4697E2

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0D1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CE85

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

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