#42BA48#42BA48

#42BA48 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.188 H 144.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BA48
RGB	rgb(66, 186, 72)
HSL	hsl(123, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(123, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 0%, 61.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.08, -55.97, 47.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.08, 73.12, 139.95°)
OKLab	oklab(69.76% -0.1517 0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(69.76% 0.188 144)
XYZ	xyz(20.9741, 36.7418, 12.1162)
Luminance	0.3674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BA48 #BA42B4

analogous

#78BA42 #42BA48 #42BA84

triadic

#42BA48 #4842BA #BA4842

tetradic

#42BA48 #4278BA #BA42B4 #BA8442

square

#42BA48 #4278BA #BA42B4 #BA8442

split-complementary

#42BA48 #8442BA #BA4278

monochromatic

#226025 #328D37 #42BA48 #6ECB72 #9BDB9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#42BA48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#42BA48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BA48

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BA48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BA48	1.00	2.52	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA93B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9F51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26B5A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ba48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 186, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.188 144.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d07f',
    500: '#42ba48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ba48;
$custom-light: #85d07f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ba48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 123,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69759,
    "c": 0.18757,
    "h": 144
  },
  "luminance": 0.36744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BA48

secondary

#C890C5

accent

#51D0D7

background

#F8FCF7

surface

#F0F9EE

border

#CBD2C9

text

#0C140A

muted

#7D827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BA48

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

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