#42BB3E#42BB3E

#42BB3E is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.196 H 142.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42BB3E
RGBrgb(66, 187, 62)
HSLhsl(118, 50%, 49%)
HSVhsv(118, 67%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(64.7%, 0%, 66.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LABlab(67.31, -57.38, 51.62)
CIE-LCHlch(67.31, 77.18, 138.03°)
OKLaboklab(69.92% -0.156 0.119)
OKLCHoklch(69.92% 0.196 142.7)
XYZxyz(20.8854, 37.0446, 10.6062)
Luminance0.3705 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42BB3E #B73EBB
analogous
#81BB3E #42BB3E #3EBB79
triadic
#42BB3E #3E42BB #BB3E42
tetradic
#42BB3E #3E81BB #B73EBB #BB793E
square
#42BB3E #3E81BB #B73EBB #BB793E
split-complementary
#42BB3E #793EBB #BB3E81
monochromatic
#225F20 #328D2F #42BB3E #6CCD69 #99DC97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50
#42BB3E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41
#42BB3E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BB3E
8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42BB3E#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42BB3E1.002.508.418.41
#FFFFFF2.501.0021.0021.00
#0000008.4121.001.001.00
##0000008.4121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BFAA2D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B0A049
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#28B6A1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42bb3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 187, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.196 142.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d079',
    500: '#42bb3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42bb3e;
$custom-light: #85d079;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42bb3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 118.08,
    "s": 50.201,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69918,
    "c": 0.1962,
    "h": 142.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42BB3E
secondary
#C68DC8
accent
#4EDAD5
background
#F8FCF7
surface
#F0F9EE
border
#CBD2C9
text
#0C1409
muted
#7D827B

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#42BB3E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva