#42BA60#42BA60

#42BA60 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.167 H 148.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42BA60
RGBrgb(66, 186, 96)
HSLhsl(135, 48%, 49%)
HSVhsv(135, 65%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(64.5%, 0%, 48.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LABlab(67.37, -52.73, 35.88)
CIE-LCHlch(67.37, 63.78, 145.77°)
OKLaboklab(70.08% -0.1423 0.0874)
OKLCHoklch(70.08% 0.167 148.5)
XYZxyz(21.9154, 37.1183, 17.0737)
Luminance0.3712 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42BA60 #BA429C
analogous
#60BA42 #42BA60 #42BA9C
triadic
#42BA60 #6042BA #BA6042
tetradic
#42BA60 #4260BA #BA429C #BA9C42
square
#42BA60 #4260BA #BA429C #BA9C42
split-complementary
#42BA60 #9C42BA #BA4260
monochromatic
#226031 #328D49 #42BA60 #6ECB85 #9BDBAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49
#42BA60 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42
#42BA60 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BA60
8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42BA60#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42BA601.002.498.428.42
#FFFFFF2.491.0021.0021.00
#0000008.4221.001.001.00
##0000008.4221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BCAA59
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#ADA066
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#19B6A5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42ba60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 186, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.167 148.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d08f',
    500: '#42ba60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42ba60;
$custom-light: #84d08f;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42ba60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 135,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70084,
    "c": 0.16696,
    "h": 148.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42BA60
secondary
#C890BA
accent
#51B6D7
background
#F8FCF8
surface
#F0F9F0
border
#CBD2CB
text
#0C140C
muted
#7D827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BA60

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#42BA60 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva