#42AE60#42AE60

#42AE60 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.151 H 149.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42AE60
RGBrgb(66, 174, 96)
HSLhsl(137, 45%, 47%)
HSVhsv(137, 62%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(62.1%, 0%, 44.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LABlab(63.57, -48.11, 31.06)
CIE-LCHlch(63.57, 57.26, 147.15°)
OKLaboklab(66.96% -0.1299 0.0763)
OKLCHoklch(66.96% 0.151 149.6)
XYZxyz(19.4927, 32.2730, 16.2661)
Luminance0.3227 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42AE60 #AE4290
analogous
#5AAE42 #42AE60 #42AE96
triadic
#42AE60 #6042AE #AE6042
tetradic
#42AE60 #425AAE #AE4290 #AE9642
square
#42AE60 #425AAE #AE4290 #AE9642
split-complementary
#42AE60 #9642AE #AE425A
monochromatic
#20552F #318248 #42AE60 #68C682 #94D6A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82
#42AE60 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45
#42AE60 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AE60
7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42AE60#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42AE601.002.827.457.45
#FFFFFF2.821.0021.0021.00
#0000007.4521.001.001.00
##0000007.4521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AFA05A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A19665
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#21AB9B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42ae60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 174, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.151 149.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c78e',
    500: '#42ae60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42ae60;
$custom-light: #81c78e;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42ae60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 136.667,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66956,
    "c": 0.15071,
    "h": 149.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42AE60
secondary
#C28AB2
accent
#53B1D5
background
#F8FCF8
surface
#F0F8F0
border
#CBD1CB
text
#0B130C
muted
#7C827D

Preview Lab

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#42AE60 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva