#42BB3C#42BB3C

#42BB3C is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.198 H 142.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42BB3C
RGBrgb(66, 187, 60)
HSLhsl(117, 51%, 48%)
HSVhsv(117, 68%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(64.7%, 0%, 67.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LABlab(67.29, -57.57, 52.42)
CIE-LCHlch(67.29, 77.85, 137.68°)
OKLaboklab(69.9% -0.1566 0.1204)
OKLCHoklch(69.9% 0.198 142.4)
XYZxyz(20.8315, 37.0231, 10.3224)
Luminance0.3703 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42BB3C #B53CBB
analogous
#81BB3C #42BB3C #3CBB75
triadic
#42BB3C #3C42BB #BB3C42
tetradic
#42BB3C #3C81BB #B53CBB #BB753C
square
#42BB3C #3C81BB #B53CBB #BB753C
split-complementary
#42BB3C #753CBB #BB3C81
monochromatic
#215E1E #328D2D #42BB3C #6BCE66 #98DD95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50
#42BB3C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40
#42BB3C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BB3C
8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42BB3C#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42BB3C1.002.508.408.40
#FFFFFF2.501.0021.0021.00
#0000008.4021.001.001.00
##0000008.4021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BFAA2A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B1A048
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#29B6A1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42bb3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 187, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.198 142.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d078',
    500: '#42bb3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42bb3c;
$custom-light: #85d078;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42bb3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 117.165,
    "s": 51.417,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.699,
    "c": 0.19758,
    "h": 142.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42BB3C
secondary
#C58BC8
accent
#4DDBD4
background
#F8FCF7
surface
#F0F9EE
border
#CBD2C9
text
#0C1409
muted
#7D827B

Preview Lab

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#42BB3C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva