#59A242#59A242

#59A242 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.150 H 138.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#59A242
RGB	rgb(89, 162, 66)
HSL	hsl(106, 42%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(106, 59%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.1%, 0%, 59.3%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.21, -41.24, 42.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.21, 58.96, 134.38°)
OKLab	oklab(64.31% -0.1133 0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(64.31% 0.151 138.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.0229, 28.3567, 9.6769)
Luminance	0.2836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#59A242 #8B42A2

analogous

#89A242 #59A242 #42A25B

triadic

#59A242 #4259A2 #A24259

tetradic

#59A242 #4289A2 #8B42A2 #A25B42

square

#59A242 #4289A2 #8B42A2 #A25B42

split-complementary

#59A242 #5B42A2 #A24289

monochromatic

#294B1F #417730 #59A242 #78BF62 #9ED18E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#59A242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#59A242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #59A242

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##59A242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##59A242	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79538

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8F49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#549D8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #59a242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 162, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.150 138.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dbe7a',
    500: '#59a242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #59a242;
$custom-light: #8dbe7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#59a242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 105.625,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64305,
    "c": 0.1505,
    "h": 138.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#59A242

secondary

#AE84BC

accent

#56D2B4

background

#F9FBF7

surface

#F1F7EE

border

#CBD0C9

text

#0D1209

muted

#7E817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #59A242

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

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