#42B960#42B960

#42B960 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.166 H 148.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B960
RGB	rgb(66, 185, 96)
HSL	hsl(135, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(135, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 0%, 48.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.05, -52.36, 35.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.05, 63.25, 145.87°)
OKLab	oklab(69.82% -0.1413 0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(69.82% 0.166 148.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.7055, 36.6985, 17.0037)
Luminance	0.3670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B960 #B9429B

analogous

#60B942 #42B960 #42B99C

triadic

#42B960 #6042B9 #B96042

tetradic

#42B960 #4260B9 #B9429B #B99C42

square

#42B960 #4260B9 #B9429B #B99C42

split-complementary

#42B960 #9C42B9 #B94260

monochromatic

#225F31 #328C49 #42B960 #6DCB85 #9ADBAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#42B960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#42B960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B960

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B960	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA959

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9F66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1AB5A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 185, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.166 148.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cf8f',
    500: '#42b960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b960;
$custom-light: #83cf8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 135.126,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69824,
    "c": 0.16563,
    "h": 148.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B960

secondary

#C790B9

accent

#51B5D7

background

#F8FCF8

surface

#F0F9F0

border

#CBD2CB

text

#0C140C

muted

#7D827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B960

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

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