#42D860#42D860

#42D860 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.205 H 146.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D860
RGB	rgb(66, 216, 96)
HSL	hsl(132, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(132, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 0%, 55.6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.75, -63.50, 47.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.75, 79.22, 143.29°)
OKLab	oklab(77.83% -0.1712 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(77.83% 0.205 146.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.9119, 51.1113, 19.4058)
Luminance	0.5111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D860 #D842BA

analogous

#6FD842 #42D860 #42D8AB

triadic

#42D860 #6042D8 #D86042

tetradic

#42D860 #426FD8 #D842BA #D8AB42

square

#42D860 #426FD8 #D842BA #D8AB42

split-complementary

#42D860 #AB42D8 #D8426F

monochromatic

#1B8430 #26B743 #42D860 #75E28B #A7EDB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#42D860 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#42D860 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D860

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D860	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D860	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC555

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B969

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d860;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 216, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.205 146.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae590',
    500: '#42d860',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d860;
$custom-light: #8ae590;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d860",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 132,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77833,
    "c": 0.20509,
    "h": 146.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D860

secondary

#8B3379

accent

#3FC7E9

background

#FCFEFC

surface

#F4FCF4

border

#CED5CE

text

#0D160D

muted

#7F847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D860

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

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