#42BA79#42BA79

#42BA79 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.144 H 155.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BA79
RGB	rgb(66, 186, 121)
HSL	hsl(148, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(148, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 0%, 34.9%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.76, -48.33, 23.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.76, 53.70, 154.17°)
OKLab	oklab(70.54% -0.1311 0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(70.54% 0.144 155.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.2548, 37.6541, 24.1279)
Luminance	0.3766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BA79 #BA4283

analogous

#47BA42 #42BA79 #42BAB5

triadic

#42BA79 #7942BA #BA7942

tetradic

#42BA79 #4247BA #BA4283 #BAB542

square

#42BA79 #4247BA #BA4283 #BAB542

split-complementary

#42BA79 #B542BA #BA4247

monochromatic

#22603E #328D5C #42BA79 #6ECB99 #9BDBB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#42BA79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#42BA79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BA79

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BA79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BA79	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9AC75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A17D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ba79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 186, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.144 155.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d0a0',
    500: '#42ba79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ba79;
$custom-light: #83d0a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ba79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 147.5,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70543,
    "c": 0.14369,
    "h": 155.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BA79

secondary

#C890AE

accent

#519AD7

background

#F8FCF9

surface

#F0F9F2

border

#CBD2CC

text

#0C140E

muted

#7D827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BA79

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

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