#42CC5D#42CC5D

#42CC5D is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.193 H 146.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42CC5D
RGBrgb(66, 204, 93)
HSLhsl(132, 58%, 53%)
HSVhsv(132, 68%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(67.6%, 0%, 54.4%, 20%)
CIE-LABlab(72.98, -59.73, 44.25)
CIE-LCHlch(72.98, 74.33, 143.47°)
OKLaboklab(74.71% -0.1611 0.1059)
OKLCHoklch(74.71% 0.193 146.7)
XYZxyz(25.8136, 45.1315, 17.7047)
Luminance0.4513 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42CC5D #CC42B1
analogous
#6CCC42 #42CC5D #42CCA2
triadic
#42CC5D #5D42CC #CC5D42
tetradic
#42CC5D #426CCC #CC42B1 #CCA242
square
#42CC5D #426CCC #CC42B1 #CCA242
split-complementary
#42CC5D #A242CC #CC426C
monochromatic
#1F7430 #2CA444 #42CC5D #72D986 #A2E6B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09
#42CC5D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03
#42CC5D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CC5D
10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42CC5D#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42CC5D1.002.0910.0310.03
#FFFFFF2.091.0021.0021.00
#00000010.0321.001.001.00
##00000010.0321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CFBA53
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BEAF65
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#08C7B3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42cc5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 204, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.193 146.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dd8d',
    500: '#42cc5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42cc5d;
$custom-light: #87dd8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42cc5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 131.739,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74706,
    "c": 0.1928,
    "h": 146.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42CC5D
secondary
#D397C7
accent
#47C3E1
background
#F9FDF8
surface
#F1FBF0
border
#CBD4CB
text
#0D150C
muted
#7E837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CC5D

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#42CC5D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva