#42C460#42C460

#42C460 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.180 H 147.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C460
RGB	rgb(66, 196, 96)
HSL	hsl(134, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(134, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 0%, 51%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.51, -56.44, 39.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.51, 69.06, 144.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% -0.1522 0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.18 147.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.0963, 41.4801, 17.8006)
Luminance	0.4148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C460 #C442A6

analogous

#65C442 #42C460 #42C4A1

triadic

#42C460 #6042C4 #C46042

tetradic

#42C460 #4265C4 #C442A6 #C4A142

square

#42C460 #4265C4 #C442A6 #C4A142

split-complementary

#42C460 #A142C4 #C44265

monochromatic

#216A32 #309948 #42C460 #71D387 #9FE1AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#42C460 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#42C460 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C460

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C460	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C460	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B357

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A867

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#10C0AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c460;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 196, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.180 147.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d78f',
    500: '#42c460',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c460;
$custom-light: #86d78f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c460",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 133.846,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72679,
    "c": 0.18005,
    "h": 147.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C460

secondary

#CE94C0

accent

#4CBBDC

background

#F8FDF8

surface

#F0FAF0

border

#CBD3CB

text

#0C140C

muted

#7D837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C460

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

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