#42CA60#42CA60

#42CA60 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.188 H 147.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CA60
RGB	rgb(66, 202, 96)
HSL	hsl(133, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(133, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 52.5%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.39, -58.61, 42.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.39, 72.16, 144.31°)
OKLab	oklab(74.23% -0.158 0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(74.23% 0.188 147.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.4768, 44.2411, 18.2608)
Luminance	0.4424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CA60 #CA42AC

analogous

#68CA42 #42CA60 #42CAA4

triadic

#42CA60 #6042CA #CA6042

tetradic

#42CA60 #4268CA #CA42AC #CAA442

square

#42CA60 #4268CA #CA42AC #CAA442

split-complementary

#42CA60 #A442CA #CA4268

monochromatic

#207232 #2DA247 #42CA60 #72D788 #A2E5B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#42CA60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#42CA60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CA60

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CA60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CA60	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB957

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAD68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#07C6B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ca60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 202, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.188 147.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87db8f',
    500: '#42ca60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ca60;
$custom-light: #87db8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ca60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 133.235,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7423,
    "c": 0.18771,
    "h": 147.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CA60

secondary

#D196C4

accent

#48BEDF

background

#F8FDF8

surface

#F0FBF0

border

#CBD4CB

text

#0D150D

muted

#7D837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CA60

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

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