#42D962#42D962

#42D962 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.205 H 146.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42D962
RGBrgb(66, 217, 98)
HSLhsl(133, 67%, 55%)
HSVhsv(133, 70%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(69.6%, 0%, 54.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(77.08, -63.58, 46.82)
CIE-LCHlch(77.08, 78.96, 143.63°)
OKLaboklab(78.11% -0.1714 0.1118)
OKLCHoklch(78.11% 0.205 146.9)
XYZxyz(29.2621, 51.6626, 19.9826)
Luminance0.5167 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42D962 #D942B9
analogous
#6DD942 #42D962 #42D9AD
triadic
#42D962 #6242D9 #D96242
tetradic
#42D962 #426DD9 #D942B9 #D9AD42
square
#42D962 #426DD9 #D942B9 #D9AD42
split-complementary
#42D962 #AD42D9 #D9426D
monochromatic
#1B8632 #25B944 #42D962 #75E38C #A8EDB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85
#42D962 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33
#42D962 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D962
11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42D962#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42D9621.001.8511.3311.33
#FFFFFF1.851.0021.0021.00
#00000011.3321.001.001.00
##00000011.3321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#DCC657
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CAB96B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D4BE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42d962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 217, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.205 146.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae691',
    500: '#42d962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42d962;
$custom-light: #8ae691;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42d962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 132.715,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78115,
    "c": 0.20466,
    "h": 146.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42D962
secondary
#8C3379
accent
#3EC5E9
background
#FCFEFC
surface
#F4FCF4
border
#CED5CE
text
#0D160D
muted
#7F847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D962

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#42D962 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva