#42CE59#42CE59

#42CE59 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.199 H 146.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CE59
RGB	rgb(66, 206, 89)
HSL	hsl(130, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(130, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 56.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.56, -60.95, 46.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.56, 76.85, 142.48°)
OKLab	oklab(75.17% -0.1646 0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(75.17% 0.199 146)
XYZ	xyz(26.1195, 46.0193, 16.9554)
Luminance	0.4602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CE59 #CE42B7

analogous

#71CE42 #42CE59 #42CE9F

triadic

#42CE59 #5942CE #CE5942

tetradic

#42CE59 #4271CE #CE42B7 #CE9F42

square

#42CE59 #4271CE #CE42B7 #CE9F42

split-complementary

#42CE59 #9F42CE #CE4271

monochromatic

#1F772D #2BA740 #42CE59 #73DB84 #A3E7AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#42CE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#42CE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CE59

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CE59	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BC4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B062

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0AC9B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ce59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 206, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.199 146.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88de8b',
    500: '#42ce59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ce59;
$custom-light: #88de8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ce59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 129.857,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7517,
    "c": 0.1986,
    "h": 146
  },
  "luminance": 0.46022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CE59

secondary

#D498CA

accent

#46C8E2

background

#F9FDF8

surface

#F1FBF0

border

#CBD4CB

text

#0D150C

muted

#7E837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CE59

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →