#42BE59#42BE59

#42BE59 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.178 H 146.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42BE59
RGBrgb(66, 190, 89)
HSLhsl(131, 49%, 50%)
HSVhsv(131, 65%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(65.3%, 0%, 53.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LABlab(68.54, -55.25, 40.80)
CIE-LCHlch(68.54, 68.68, 143.56°)
OKLaboklab(71.02% -0.1492 0.098)
OKLCHoklch(71.02% 0.178 146.7)
XYZxyz(22.4618, 38.7041, 15.7362)
Luminance0.3871 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42BE59 #BE42A7
analogous
#69BE42 #42BE59 #42BE97
triadic
#42BE59 #5942BE #BE5942
tetradic
#42BE59 #4269BE #BE42A7 #BE9742
square
#42BE59 #4269BE #BE42A7 #BE9742
split-complementary
#42BE59 #9742BE #BE4269
monochromatic
#22632E #329143 #42BE59 #70CE81 #9DDDA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40
#42BE59 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74
#42BE59 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BE59
8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42BE59#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42BE591.002.408.748.74
#FFFFFF2.401.0021.0021.00
#0000008.7421.001.001.00
##0000008.7421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C0AE50
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B1A361
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#1BBAA7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42be59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 190, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.178 146.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d38a',
    500: '#42be59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42be59;
$custom-light: #85d38a;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42be59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 131.129,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71021,
    "c": 0.17847,
    "h": 146.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42BE59
secondary
#CA92BF
accent
#4FBFD8
background
#F8FDF8
surface
#F0FAF0
border
#CBD3CB
text
#0C140C
muted
#7D837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BE59

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#42BE59 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva