#42D656#42D656

#42D656 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.211 H 145.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D656
RGB	rgb(66, 214, 86)
HSL	hsl(128, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(128, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 0%, 59.8%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.02, -64.06, 51.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.02, 81.91, 141.46°)
OKLab	oklab(77.2% -0.1731 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(77.2% 0.211 145.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.9712, 49.9202, 16.9637)
Luminance	0.4992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D656 #D642C2

analogous

#78D642 #42D656 #42D6A0

triadic

#42D656 #5642D6 #D65642

tetradic

#42D656 #4278D6 #D642C2 #D6A042

square

#42D656 #4278D6 #D642C2 #D6A042

split-complementary

#42D656 #A042D6 #D64278

monochromatic

#1C822A #27B43A #42D656 #74E183 #A7ECB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#42D656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#42D656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D656

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D656	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C348

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B761

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#01D1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 214, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.211 145.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae48a',
    500: '#42d656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d656;
$custom-light: #8ae48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 128.108,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77198,
    "c": 0.21065,
    "h": 145.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D656

secondary

#D99BD1

accent

#40D1E7

background

#F9FEF8

surface

#F1FCF0

border

#CBD5CB

text

#0D160C

muted

#7E847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D656

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

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