#42C960#42C960

#42C960 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.186 H 147.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C960
RGB	rgb(66, 201, 96)
HSL	hsl(133, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(133, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 0%, 52.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.08, -58.25, 41.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.08, 71.65, 144.39°)
OKLab	oklab(73.97% -0.1571 0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(73.97% 0.186 147.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.2429, 43.7734, 18.1828)
Luminance	0.4378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C960 #C942AB

analogous

#68C942 #42C960 #42C9A3

triadic

#42C960 #6042C9 #C96042

tetradic

#42C960 #4268C9 #C942AB #C9A342

square

#42C960 #4268C9 #C942AB #C9A342

split-complementary

#42C960 #A342C9 #C94268

monochromatic

#207032 #2EA047 #42C960 #72D788 #A1E4B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#42C960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#42C960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C960

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C960	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB857

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAC68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#09C5B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 201, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.186 147.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87da8f',
    500: '#42c960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c960;
$custom-light: #87da8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 133.333,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73972,
    "c": 0.18645,
    "h": 147.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C960

secondary

#D196C4

accent

#49BEDF

background

#F8FDF8

surface

#F0FBF0

border

#CBD4CB

text

#0D150D

muted

#7D837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C960

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

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