#42CE4E#42CE4E

#42CE4E is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.207 H 144.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42CE4E
RGBrgb(66, 206, 78)
HSLhsl(125, 59%, 53%)
HSVhsv(125, 68%, 81%)
CMYKcmyk(68%, 0%, 62.1%, 19.2%)
CIE-LABlab(73.45, -62.26, 51.61)
CIE-LCHlch(73.45, 80.87, 140.34°)
OKLaboklab(75.04% -0.1685 0.1206)
OKLCHoklch(75.04% 0.207 144.4)
XYZxyz(25.6916, 45.8482, 14.7019)
Luminance0.4585 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42CE4E #CE42C2
analogous
#7CCE42 #42CE4E #42CE94
triadic
#42CE4E #4E42CE #CE4E42
tetradic
#42CE4E #427CCE #CE42C2 #CE9442
square
#42CE4E #427CCE #CE42C2 #CE9442
split-complementary
#42CE4E #9442CE #CE427C
monochromatic
#1F7726 #2BA736 #42CE4E #73DB7C #A3E7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06
#42CE4E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17
#42CE4E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CE4E
10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42CE4E#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42CE4E1.002.0610.1710.17
#FFFFFF2.061.0021.0021.00
#00000010.1721.001.001.00
##00000010.1721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D2BB3F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C1B059
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#15C9B3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42ce4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 206, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.207 144.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88de84',
    500: '#42ce4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42ce4e;
$custom-light: #88de84;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42ce4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 125.143,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75042,
    "c": 0.20723,
    "h": 144.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42CE4E
secondary
#D498CF
accent
#46D5E2
background
#F9FDF8
surface
#F1FBEF
border
#CBD4CA
text
#0D150B
muted
#7E837C

Preview Lab

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#42CE4E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva