#42CF42#42CF42

#42CF42 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.217 H 143.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42CF42
RGBrgb(66, 207, 66)
HSLhsl(120, 59%, 54%)
HSVhsv(120, 68%, 81%)
CMYKcmyk(68.1%, 0%, 68.1%, 18.8%)
CIE-LABlab(73.66, -63.80, 56.81)
CIE-LCHlch(73.66, 85.43, 138.32°)
OKLaboklab(75.19% -0.1732 0.1304)
OKLCHoklch(75.19% 0.217 143)
XYZxyz(25.5414, 46.1745, 12.7197)
Luminance0.4618 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42CF42 #CF42CF
analogous
#88CF42 #42CF42 #42CF88
triadic
#42CF42 #4242CF #CF4242
tetradic
#42CF42 #4288CF #CF42CF #CF8842
square
#42CF42 #4288CF #CF42CF #CF8842
split-complementary
#42CF42 #8842CF #CF4288
monochromatic
#1F781F #2BA92B #42CF42 #73DB73 #A4E8A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05
#42CF42 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24
#42CF42 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CF42
10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42CF42#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42CF421.002.0510.2410.24
#FFFFFF2.051.0021.0021.00
#00000010.2421.001.001.00
##00000010.2421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D3BC2E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C3B14F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#1BC9B3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42cf42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 207, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.217 143.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89df7d',
    500: '#42cf42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42cf42;
$custom-light: #89df7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42cf42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75185,
    "c": 0.21681,
    "h": 143
  },
  "luminance": 0.46177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42CF42
secondary
#D598D5
accent
#45E3E3
background
#F9FDF7
surface
#F1FBEE
border
#CBD4C9
text
#0D150A
muted
#7E837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CF42

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#42CF42 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva