#42BB42#42BB42

#42BB42 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.193 H 143.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BB42
RGB	rgb(66, 187, 66)
HSL	hsl(120, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(120, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 0%, 64.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.34, -56.98, 49.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.34, 75.79, 138.75°)
OKLab	oklab(69.96% -0.1547 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(69.96% 0.193 143.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.9992, 37.0901, 11.2057)
Luminance	0.3709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BB42 #BB42BB

analogous

#7FBB42 #42BB42 #42BB7F

triadic

#42BB42 #4242BB #BB4242

tetradic

#42BB42 #427FBB #BB42BB #BB7F42

square

#42BB42 #427FBB #BB42BB #BB7F42

split-complementary

#42BB42 #7F42BB #BB427F

monochromatic

#226122 #328E32 #42BB42 #6ECC6E #9CDC9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#42BB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#42BB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BB42

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BB42	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A04D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27B6A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bb42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 187, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.193 143.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d07b',
    500: '#42bb42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bb42;
$custom-light: #85d07b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bb42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69957,
    "c": 0.19334,
    "h": 143.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BB42

secondary

#C891C8

accent

#50D7D7

background

#F8FCF7

surface

#F0F9EE

border

#CBD2C9

text

#0C140A

muted

#7D827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BB42

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

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