#42BA38#42BA38

#42BA38 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.199 H 142.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BA38
RGB	rgb(66, 186, 56)
HSL	hsl(115, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(115, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 0%, 69.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.95, -57.58, 53.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.95, 78.69, 137.03°)
OKLab	oklab(69.6% -0.1569 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(69.6% 0.199 142)
XYZ	xyz(20.5184, 36.5595, 9.7160)
Luminance	0.3656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BA38 #B038BA

analogous

#83BA38 #42BA38 #38BA6F

triadic

#42BA38 #3842BA #BA3842

tetradic

#42BA38 #3883BA #B038BA #BA6F38

square

#42BA38 #3883BA #B038BA #BA6F38

split-complementary

#42BA38 #6F38BA #BA3883

monochromatic

#215C1C #318B2A #42BA38 #69CF60 #95DD8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#42BA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#42BA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BA38

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BA38	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA924

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2AB4A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ba38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 186, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.199 142.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d076',
    500: '#42ba38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ba38;
$custom-light: #85d076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ba38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 115.385,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69601,
    "c": 0.19905,
    "h": 142
  },
  "luminance": 0.36562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BA38

secondary

#C386C8

accent

#4BDDD2

background

#F8FCF7

surface

#F0F9ED

border

#CBD2C8

text

#0C1409

muted

#7D827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BA38

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

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