#42ff60

Color #42ff60

A vivid, highly saturated light green.

Closest named color Spring Green #00ff7f · ΔE 14.14 Nearest Tailwind class green-400 #05df72 · ΔE 8.8

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Conversions

HEX

#42ff60

RGB

rgb(66, 255, 96)

HSL

hsl(129.5, 100%, 62.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(129.5, 74.1%, 100%)

CMYK

cmyk(74.1%, 0%, 62.4%, 0%)

LAB

lab(88.69, -76.21, 61.15)

LCH

lch(88.69, 97.71, 141.26)

OKLCH

oklch(87.7%, 0.2502, 145.26)

HWB

hwb(129.5, 25.9%, 0%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ff42e1

Analogous

#82ff42

#42ff60

#42ffbe

Triadic

#42ff60

#6042ff

#ff6042

Split-complementary

#42ff60

#be42ff

#ff4282

Tetradic

#42ff60

#42e1ff

#ff42e1

#ff6042

Square

#42ff60

#4282ff

#ff42e1

#ffbe42

Shades

Color #42ff60 mixed toward black.

#0cff33

#00d622

#00a019

#006b11

#003508

Tints

Color #42ff60 mixed toward white.

#61ff7a

#81ff95

#a0ffaf

#c0ffca

#dfffe4

Tones

Color #42ff60 mixed toward gray.

#52ef6b

#61df75

#71d080

#81c08b

#91b096

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.34:1

Aa Black text on this color

15.7:1

Black text reads better on this background (15.7:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b5b79c · ΔE 27.4

Deuteranopia

#ab9da6 · ΔE 47.5

Tritanopia

#5abbc2 · ΔE 35.4

Achromatopsia

#dfdfdf · ΔE 30.6

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #42ff60;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#42ff60]

Related colors

Forest Green #228b22

Mint Green #98ff98

Dark Green #006400

Dark Sea Green #8fbc8f

Green #008000

Honeydew #f0fff0

Frequently asked questions

#42ff60 (#42ff60) is rgb(66, 255, 96) in RGB.

No, #42ff60 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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