#42EE42#42EE42

#42EE42 is a very light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.627; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.251 H 142.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42EE42
RGB	rgb(66, 238, 66)
HSL	hsl(120, 83%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(120, 72%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 72.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.28, -73.69, 66.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.28, 99.47, 137.81°)
OKLab	oklab(83.17% -0.2 0.1513)
OKLCH	oklch(83.17% 0.251 142.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.8026, 62.6968, 15.4734)
Luminance	0.6270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42EE42 #EE42EE

analogous

#98EE42 #42EE42 #42EE98

triadic

#42EE42 #4242EE #EE4242

tetradic

#42EE42 #4298EE #EE42EE #EE9842

square

#42EE42 #4298EE #EE42EE #EE9842

split-complementary

#42EE42 #9842EE #EE4298

monochromatic

#0FA70F #14DF14 #42EE42 #7AF37A #B2F8B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#42EE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.54

#42EE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42EE42

13.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42EE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42EE42	1.00	1.55	13.54	13.54
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D822

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E7CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ee42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 238, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.251 142.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ff580',
    500: '#42ee42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ee42;
$custom-light: #8ff580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ee42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 83.495,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83169,
    "c": 0.25081,
    "h": 142.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.62701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42EE42

secondary

#A82CA8

accent

#2EFAFA

background

#FCFFFB

surface

#F5FFF2

border

#CFD7CC

text

#0E170B

muted

#7F857E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42EE42

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

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