#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
RGBrgb(66, 206, 66)
HSLhsl(120, 59%, 53%)
HSVhsv(120, 68%, 81%)
CMYKcmyk(68%, 0%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LABlab(73.34, -63.47, 56.48)
CIE-LCHlch(73.34, 84.96, 138.34°)
OKLaboklab(74.93% -0.1723 0.1297)
OKLCHoklch(74.93% 0.216 143)
XYZxyz(25.2999, 45.6915, 12.6392)
Luminance0.4569 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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
##42CE421.002.0710.1410.14
#FFFFFF2.071.0021.0021.00
#00000010.1421.001.001.00
##00000010.1421.001.001.00

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

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#42CE42 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva