#42CE5A#42CE5A

#42CE5A is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.198 H 146.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42CE5A
RGBrgb(66, 206, 90)
HSLhsl(130, 59%, 53%)
HSVhsv(130, 68%, 81%)
CMYKcmyk(68%, 0%, 56.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LABlab(73.57, -60.83, 46.36)
CIE-LCHlch(73.57, 76.48, 142.69°)
OKLaboklab(75.18% -0.1642 0.1103)
OKLCHoklch(75.18% 0.198 146.1)
XYZxyz(26.1617, 46.0362, 17.1780)
Luminance0.4604 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42CE5A #CE42B6
analogous
#70CE42 #42CE5A #42CEA0
triadic
#42CE5A #5A42CE #CE5A42
tetradic
#42CE5A #4270CE #CE42B6 #CEA042
square
#42CE5A #4270CE #CE42B6 #CEA042
split-complementary
#42CE5A #A042CE #CE4270
monochromatic
#1F772E #2BA741 #42CE5A #73DB84 #A3E7AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06
#42CE5A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21
#42CE5A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CE5A
10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42CE5A#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42CE5A1.002.0610.2110.21
#FFFFFF2.061.0021.0021.00
#00000010.2121.001.001.00
##00000010.2121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D1BC4F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C0B063
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#09C9B4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42ce5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 206, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.198 146.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88de8c',
    500: '#42ce5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42ce5a;
$custom-light: #88de8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42ce5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 130.286,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75183,
    "c": 0.19777,
    "h": 146.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42CE5A
secondary
#D498CA
accent
#46C7E2
background
#F9FDF8
surface
#F1FBF0
border
#CBD4CB
text
#0D150C
muted
#7E837D

Preview Lab

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#42CE5A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva