#42A960#42A960

#42A960 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.144 H 150.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A960
RGB	rgb(66, 169, 96)
HSL	hsl(137, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(137, 61%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 0%, 43.2%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.98, -46.11, 29.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.98, 54.48, 147.82°)
OKLab	oklab(65.65% -0.1246 0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(65.65% 0.144 150.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.5447, 30.3769, 15.9501)
Luminance	0.3038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A960 #A9428B

analogous

#57A942 #42A960 #42A993

triadic

#42A960 #6042A9 #A96042

tetradic

#42A960 #4257A9 #A9428B #A99342

square

#42A960 #4257A9 #A9428B #A99342

split-complementary

#42A960 #9342A9 #A94257

monochromatic

#20512E #317D47 #42A960 #65C381 #91D4A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#42A960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#42A960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42A960

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A960	1.00	2.97	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9B5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9265

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23A697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 169, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.144 150.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c38e',
    500: '#42a960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a960;
$custom-light: #81c38e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 137.476,
    "s": 43.83,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65649,
    "c": 0.14376,
    "h": 150.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A960

secondary

#C087AF

accent

#54AED4

background

#F8FCF8

surface

#EFF8F0

border

#CAD1CB

text

#0B130C

muted

#7C827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A960

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

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