#42BB46#42BB46

#42BB46 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.190 H 143.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BB46
RGB	rgb(66, 187, 70)
HSL	hsl(122, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(122, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 0%, 62.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.38, -56.55, 48.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.38, 74.35, 139.51°)
OKLab	oklab(70% -0.1534 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(70% 0.19 143.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.1213, 37.1390, 11.8486)
Luminance	0.3714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BB46 #BB42B7

analogous

#7BBB42 #42BB46 #42BB82

triadic

#42BB46 #4642BB #BB4642

tetradic

#42BB46 #427BBB #BB42B7 #BB8242

square

#42BB46 #427BBB #BB42B7 #BB8242

split-complementary

#42BB46 #8242BB #BB427B

monochromatic

#226124 #328E35 #42BB46 #6ECC71 #9CDC9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#42BB46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#42BB46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BB46

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BB46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BB46	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A050

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26B6A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bb46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 187, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.190 143.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d07e',
    500: '#42bb46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bb46;
$custom-light: #85d07e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bb46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 121.983,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69999,
    "c": 0.19035,
    "h": 143.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BB46

secondary

#C891C6

accent

#50D3D7

background

#F8FCF7

surface

#F0F9EE

border

#CBD2C9

text

#0C140A

muted

#7D827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BB46

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

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