#42CC59#42CC59

#42CC59 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.196 H 146.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CC59
RGB	rgb(66, 204, 89)
HSL	hsl(130, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(130, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 56.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.93, -60.26, 46.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.93, 75.85, 142.60°)
OKLab	oklab(74.65% -0.1627 0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(74.65% 0.196 146)
XYZ	xyz(25.6410, 45.0625, 16.7959)
Luminance	0.4506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CC59 #CC42B5

analogous

#70CC42 #42CC59 #42CC9E

triadic

#42CC59 #5942CC #CC5942

tetradic

#42CC59 #4270CC #CC42B5 #CC9E42

square

#42CC59 #4270CC #CC42B5 #CC9E42

split-complementary

#42CC59 #9E42CC #CC4270

monochromatic

#1F742E #2CA440 #42CC59 #72D983 #A2E6AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#42CC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#42CC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CC59

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CC59	1.00	2.10	10.01	10.01
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBA4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAF62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0DC7B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 204, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.196 146.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dd8b',
    500: '#42cc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cc59;
$custom-light: #87dd8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 130,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74653,
    "c": 0.19613,
    "h": 146
  },
  "luminance": 0.45065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CC59

secondary

#D397C9

accent

#47C7E1

background

#F9FDF8

surface

#F1FBF0

border

#CBD4CB

text

#0D150C

muted

#7E837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CC59

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

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