#42E156#42E156

#42E156 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.224 H 144.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E156
RGB	rgb(66, 225, 86)
HSL	hsl(128, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(128, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 61.8%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.43, -67.72, 54.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.43, 87.19, 140.96°)
OKLab	oklab(80.02% -0.183 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(80.02% 0.224 144.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.8496, 55.6771, 17.9232)
Luminance	0.5568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E156 #E142CD

analogous

#7EE142 #42E156 #42E1A5

triadic

#42E156 #5642E1 #E15642

tetradic

#42E156 #427EE1 #E142CD #E1A542

square

#42E156 #427EE1 #E142CD #E1A542

split-complementary

#42E156 #A542E1 #E1427E

monochromatic

#179226 #1FC634 #42E156 #77E985 #ACF2B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#42E156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#42E156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E156

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E156	1.00	1.73	12.14	12.14
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CD46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C062

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 225, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.224 144.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cec8a',
    500: '#42e156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e156;
$custom-light: #8cec8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 127.547,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80022,
    "c": 0.22355,
    "h": 144.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E156

secondary

#963189

accent

#38D8EF

background

#FCFFFC

surface

#F5FEF4

border

#CFD6CE

text

#0E160C

muted

#7F857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E156

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

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