#42BA4E#42BA4E

#42BA4E is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.183 H 144.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BA4E
RGB	rgb(66, 186, 78)
HSL	hsl(126, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(126, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 0%, 58.1%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.14, -55.25, 44.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.14, 70.87, 141.23°)
OKLab	oklab(69.83% -0.1495 0.105)
OKLCH	oklch(69.83% 0.183 144.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.1795, 36.8240, 13.1978)
Luminance	0.3683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BA4E #BA42AE

analogous

#72BA42 #42BA4E #42BA8A

triadic

#42BA4E #4E42BA #BA4E42

tetradic

#42BA4E #4272BA #BA42AE #BA8A42

square

#42BA4E #4272BA #BA42AE #BA8A42

split-complementary

#42BA4E #8A42BA #BA4272

monochromatic

#226028 #328D3B #42BA4E #6ECB77 #9BDBA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#42BA4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#42BA4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BA4E

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BA4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BA4E	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAA43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9F57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23B5A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ba4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 186, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.183 144.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d083',
    500: '#42ba4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ba4e;
$custom-light: #84d083;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ba4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 126,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6983,
    "c": 0.18273,
    "h": 144.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BA4E

secondary

#C890C2

accent

#51CAD7

background

#F8FCF8

surface

#F0F9EF

border

#CBD2CA

text

#0C140B

muted

#7D827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BA4E

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

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