#42BF60#42BF60

#42BF60 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.174 H 148.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42BF60
RGBrgb(66, 191, 96)
HSLhsl(134, 49%, 50%)
HSVhsv(134, 65%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(65.4%, 0%, 49.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LABlab(68.94, -54.60, 37.85)
CIE-LCHlch(68.94, 66.44, 145.27°)
OKLaboklab(71.38% -0.1473 0.0918)
OKLCHoklch(71.38% 0.174 148.1)
XYZxyz(22.9872, 39.2620, 17.4310)
Luminance0.3926 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42BF60 #BF42A1
analogous
#62BF42 #42BF60 #42BF9E
triadic
#42BF60 #6042BF #BF6042
tetradic
#42BF60 #4262BF #BF42A1 #BF9E42
square
#42BF60 #4262BF #BF42A1 #BF9E42
split-complementary
#42BF60 #9E42BF #BF4262
monochromatic
#226532 #329249 #42BF60 #70CE86 #9DDEAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37
#42BF60 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85
#42BF60 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BF60
8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42BF60#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42BF601.002.378.858.85
#FFFFFF2.371.0021.0021.00
#0000008.8521.001.001.00
##0000008.8521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C1AF58
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B1A467
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#15BBA9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42bf60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 191, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.174 148.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d38f',
    500: '#42bf60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42bf60;
$custom-light: #85d38f;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42bf60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 134.4,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71383,
    "c": 0.17356,
    "h": 148.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42BF60
secondary
#CA93BD
accent
#4FB8D9
background
#F8FDF8
surface
#F0FAF0
border
#CBD3CB
text
#0C140C
muted
#7D837D

Preview Lab

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#42BF60 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva