#42D256#42D256

#42D256 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.206 H 145.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D256
RGB	rgb(66, 210, 86)
HSL	hsl(128, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(128, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 0%, 59%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.77, -62.70, 49.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.77, 79.95, 141.65°)
OKLab	oklab(76.17% -0.1694 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(76.17% 0.206 145.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.9713, 47.9204, 16.6304)
Luminance	0.4792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D256 #D242BE

analogous

#76D242 #42D256 #42D29E

triadic

#42D256 #5642D2 #D25642

tetradic

#42D256 #4276D2 #D242BE #D29E42

square

#42D256 #4276D2 #D242BE #D29E42

split-complementary

#42D256 #9E42D2 #D24276

monochromatic

#1E7C2B #29AD3C #42D256 #73DE82 #A5EAAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#42D256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#42D256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D256

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D256	1.00	1.98	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B360

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#08CDB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 210, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.206 145.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e189',
    500: '#42d256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d256;
$custom-light: #89e189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 128.333,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76167,
    "c": 0.20586,
    "h": 145.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D256

secondary

#D799CE

accent

#43CEE5

background

#F9FDF8

surface

#F1FBF0

border

#CBD4CB

text

#0D150C

muted

#7E837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D256

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

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