#42CC60#42CC60

#42CC60 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.190 H 147.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CC60
RGB	rgb(66, 204, 96)
HSL	hsl(133, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(133, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 52.9%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.01, -59.32, 42.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.01, 73.18, 144.15°)
OKLab	oklab(74.75% -0.16 0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(74.75% 0.19 147.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.9491, 45.1857, 18.4182)
Luminance	0.4519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CC60 #CC42AE

analogous

#69CC42 #42CC60 #42CCA5

triadic

#42CC60 #6042CC #CC6042

tetradic

#42CC60 #4269CC #CC42AE #CCA542

square

#42CC60 #4269CC #CC42AE #CCA542

split-complementary

#42CC60 #A542CC #CC4269

monochromatic

#1F7432 #2CA446 #42CC60 #72D989 #A2E6B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#42CC60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#42CC60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CC60

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CC60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CC60	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEBA56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAF68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#04C8B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cc60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 204, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.190 147.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dd8f',
    500: '#42cc60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cc60;
$custom-light: #87dd8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cc60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 133.043,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74746,
    "c": 0.19024,
    "h": 147.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CC60

secondary

#D397C6

accent

#47BFE1

background

#F9FDF8

surface

#F1FBF0

border

#CBD4CB

text

#0D150D

muted

#7E837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CC60

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

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