#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
RGBrgb(66, 217, 96)
HSLhsl(132, 67%, 55%)
HSVhsv(132, 70%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(69.6%, 0%, 55.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(77.06, -63.85, 47.72)
CIE-LCHlch(77.06, 79.71, 143.22°)
OKLaboklab(78.09% -0.1722 0.1137)
OKLCHoklch(78.09% 0.206 146.6)
XYZxyz(29.1689, 51.6253, 19.4915)
Luminance0.5163 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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
##42D9601.001.8511.3311.33
#FFFFFF1.851.0021.0021.00
#00000011.3321.001.001.00
##00000011.3321.001.001.00

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

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#42D960 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva