#42CE3B#42CE3B

#42CE3B is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.220 H 142.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42CE3B
RGBrgb(66, 206, 59)
HSLhsl(117, 60%, 52%)
HSVhsv(117, 71%, 81%)
CMYKcmyk(68%, 0%, 71.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LABlab(73.29, -64.08, 59.09)
CIE-LCHlch(73.29, 87.17, 137.32°)
OKLaboklab(74.87% -0.1743 0.1343)
OKLCHoklch(74.87% 0.22 142.4)
XYZxyz(25.1060, 45.6140, 11.6181)
Luminance0.4562 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42CE3B #C73BCE
analogous
#8CCE3B #42CE3B #3BCE7E
triadic
#42CE3B #3B42CE #CE3B42
tetradic
#42CE3B #3B8CCE #C73BCE #CE7E3B
square
#42CE3B #3B8CCE #C73BCE #CE7E3B
split-complementary
#42CE3B #7E3BCE #CE3B8C
monochromatic
#21721D #2FA329 #42CE3B #71DA6C #A0E69D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07
#42CE3B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12
#42CE3B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CE3B
10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42CE3B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42CE3B1.002.0710.1210.12
#FFFFFF2.071.0021.0021.00
#00000010.1221.001.001.00
##00000010.1221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D3BB22
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C2B04A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#1EC8B1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42ce3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 206, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.220 142.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89de79',
    500: '#42ce3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42ce3b;
$custom-light: #89de79;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42ce3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 117.143,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74867,
    "c": 0.22006,
    "h": 142.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42CE3B
secondary
#D092D3
accent
#45E3DC
background
#F9FDF7
surface
#F1FBEE
border
#CBD4C9
text
#0D150A
muted
#7E837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CE3B

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#42CE3B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva