#42BB2E#42BB2E

#42BB2E is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.206 H 141.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42BB2E
RGBrgb(66, 187, 46)
HSLhsl(111, 61%, 46%)
HSVhsv(111, 75%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(64.7%, 0%, 75.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LABlab(67.20, -58.71, 57.55)
CIE-LCHlch(67.20, 82.21, 135.57°)
OKLaboklab(69.79% -0.1605 0.1294)
OKLCHoklch(69.79% 0.206 141.1)
XYZxyz(20.5092, 36.8941, 8.6247)
Luminance0.3690 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42BB2E #A72EBB
analogous
#89BB2E #42BB2E #2EBB60
triadic
#42BB2E #2E42BB #BB2E42
tetradic
#42BB2E #2E89BB #A72EBB #BB602E
square
#42BB2E #2E89BB #A72EBB #BB602E
split-complementary
#42BB2E #602EBB #BB2E89
monochromatic
#1F5916 #318A22 #42BB2E #64D452 #90E083

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51
#42BB2E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38
#42BB2E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BB2E
8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42BB2E#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42BB2E1.002.518.388.38
#FFFFFF2.511.0021.0021.00
#0000008.3821.001.001.00
##0000008.3821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C0AA0F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B1A03D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#2CB5A0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42bb2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 187, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.206 141.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d071',
    500: '#42bb2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42bb2e;
$custom-light: #86d071;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42bb2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 111.489,
    "s": 60.515,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69789,
    "c": 0.20614,
    "h": 141.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42BB2E
secondary
#BE7BCA
accent
#44E4CD
background
#F8FCF7
surface
#F0F9ED
border
#CBD2C8
text
#0C1408
muted
#7D827B

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#42BB2E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva