#42E260#42E260

#42E260 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.217 H 146.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E260
RGB	rgb(66, 226, 96)
HSL	hsl(131, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(131, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 57.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.84, -66.88, 51.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.84, 84.11, 142.67°)
OKLab	oklab(80.39% -0.1804 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(80.39% 0.217 146.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.5522, 56.3920, 20.2859)
Luminance	0.5639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E260 #E242C4

analogous

#74E242 #42E260 #42E2B0

triadic

#42E260 #6042E2 #E26042

tetradic

#42E260 #4274E2 #E242C4 #E2B042

square

#42E260 #4274E2 #E242C4 #E2B042

split-complementary

#42E260 #B042E2 #E24274

monochromatic

#17932E #1FC83E #42E260 #77EA8D #ACF2B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#42E260 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.28

#42E260 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E260

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E260	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E260	1.00	1.71	12.28	12.28
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CE53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C16A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e260;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 226, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.217 146.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cec91',
    500: '#42e260',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e260;
$custom-light: #8cec91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e260",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 131.25,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8039,
    "c": 0.21709,
    "h": 146.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E260

secondary

#983184

accent

#38CEF0

background

#FCFFFC

surface

#F5FEF4

border

#CFD6CE

text

#0E160D

muted

#7F857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E260

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

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