#42D156#42D156

#42D156 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.205 H 145.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D156
RGB	rgb(66, 209, 86)
HSL	hsl(128, 61%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(128, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 0%, 58.9%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.46, -62.36, 49.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.46, 79.46, 141.71°)
OKLab	oklab(75.91% -0.1685 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(75.91% 0.205 145.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.7251, 47.4282, 16.5484)
Luminance	0.4743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D156 #D142BD

analogous

#76D142 #42D156 #42D19E

triadic

#42D156 #5642D1 #D15642

tetradic

#42D156 #4276D1 #D142BD #D19E42

square

#42D156 #4276D1 #D142BD #D19E42

split-complementary

#42D156 #9E42D1 #D14276

monochromatic

#1E7B2B #2AAC3C #42D156 #73DD82 #A4E9AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#42D156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#42D156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D156

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D156	1.00	2.00	10.49	10.49
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B360

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#09CCB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 209, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.205 145.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e089',
    500: '#42d156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d156;
$custom-light: #89e089;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 128.392,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75908,
    "c": 0.20466,
    "h": 145.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D156

secondary

#D699CD

accent

#44CEE4

background

#F9FDF8

surface

#F1FBF0

border

#CBD4CB

text

#0D150C

muted

#7E837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D156

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

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