#42CE42#42CE42

#42CE42 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.216 H 143.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CE42
RGB	rgb(66, 206, 66)
HSL	hsl(120, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(120, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.34, -63.47, 56.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.34, 84.96, 138.34°)
OKLab	oklab(74.93% -0.1723 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(74.93% 0.216 143)
XYZ	xyz(25.2999, 45.6915, 12.6392)
Luminance	0.4569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CE42 #CE42CE

analogous

#88CE42 #42CE42 #42CE88

triadic

#42CE42 #4242CE #CE4242

tetradic

#42CE42 #4288CE #CE42CE #CE8842

square

#42CE42 #4288CE #CE42CE #CE8842

split-complementary

#42CE42 #8842CE #CE4288

monochromatic

#1F771F #2BA72B #42CE42 #73DB73 #A3E7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#42CE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#42CE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CE42

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CE42	1.00	2.07	10.14	10.14
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BB2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B04F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1CC8B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ce42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 206, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.216 143.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89de7d',
    500: '#42ce42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ce42;
$custom-light: #89de7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ce42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74925,
    "c": 0.21567,
    "h": 143
  },
  "luminance": 0.45694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CE42

secondary

#D498D4

accent

#46E2E2

background

#F9FDF7

surface

#F1FBEE

border

#CBD4C9

text

#0D150A

muted

#7E837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CE42

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

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