#42D960#42D960

#42D960 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.206 H 146.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D960
RGB	rgb(66, 217, 96)
HSL	hsl(132, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(132, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 55.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.06, -63.85, 47.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.06, 79.71, 143.22°)
OKLab	oklab(78.09% -0.1722 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(78.09% 0.206 146.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.1689, 51.6253, 19.4915)
Luminance	0.5163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D960 #D942BB

analogous

#6FD942 #42D960 #42D9AC

triadic

#42D960 #6042D9 #D96042

tetradic

#42D960 #426FD9 #D942BB #D9AC42

square

#42D960 #426FD9 #D942BB #D9AC42

split-complementary

#42D960 #AC42D9 #D9426F

monochromatic

#1B8630 #25B942 #42D960 #75E38B #A8EDB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#42D960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#42D960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D960

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D960	1.00	1.85	11.33	11.33
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC654

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB969

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 217, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.206 146.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae690',
    500: '#42d960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d960;
$custom-light: #8ae690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 131.921,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78089,
    "c": 0.2063,
    "h": 146.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D960

secondary

#8C337A

accent

#3EC7E9

background

#FCFEFC

surface

#F4FCF4

border

#CED5CE

text

#0D160D

muted

#7F847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D960

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

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