#42BB38#42BB38

#42BB38 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.200 H 142.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BB38
RGB	rgb(66, 187, 56)
HSL	hsl(115, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(115, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 0%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.26, -57.93, 53.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.26, 79.17, 137.03°)
OKLab	oklab(69.86% -0.1578 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(69.86% 0.2 142)
XYZ	xyz(20.7298, 36.9823, 9.7865)
Luminance	0.3698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BB38 #B138BB

analogous

#83BB38 #42BB38 #38BB70

triadic

#42BB38 #3842BB #BB3842

tetradic

#42BB38 #3883BB #B138BB #BB7038

square

#42BB38 #3883BB #B138BB #BB7038

split-complementary

#42BB38 #7038BB #BB3883

monochromatic

#215D1C #318C2A #42BB38 #69D061 #96DE90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#42BB38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#42BB38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BB38

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BB38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BB38	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A045

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2AB5A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bb38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 187, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.200 142.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d076',
    500: '#42bb38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bb38;
$custom-light: #85d076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bb38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 115.42,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69865,
    "c": 0.20022,
    "h": 142
  },
  "luminance": 0.36984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BB38

secondary

#C386C8

accent

#4BDDD2

background

#F8FCF7

surface

#F0F9ED

border

#CBD2C8

text

#0C1409

muted

#7D827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BB38

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

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