#42BB48#42BB48

#42BB48 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.189 H 144.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BB48
RGB	rgb(66, 187, 72)
HSL	hsl(123, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(123, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 0%, 61.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.40, -56.33, 47.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.40, 73.62, 139.91°)
OKLab	oklab(70.02% -0.1527 0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(70.02% 0.189 144)
XYZ	xyz(21.1855, 37.1646, 12.1867)
Luminance	0.3717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BB48 #BB42B5

analogous

#79BB42 #42BB48 #42BB84

triadic

#42BB48 #4842BB #BB4842

tetradic

#42BB48 #4279BB #BB42B5 #BB8442

square

#42BB48 #4279BB #BB42B5 #BB8442

split-complementary

#42BB48 #8442BB #BB4279

monochromatic

#226125 #328E37 #42BB48 #6ECC73 #9CDC9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#42BB48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#42BB48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BB48

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BB48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BB48	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)

#BFAA3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A052

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25B6A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bb48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 187, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.189 144.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d07f',
    500: '#42bb48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bb48;
$custom-light: #85d07f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bb48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 122.975,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70022,
    "c": 0.18881,
    "h": 144
  },
  "luminance": 0.37167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BB48

secondary

#C891C5

accent

#50D1D7

background

#F8FCF7

surface

#F0F9EE

border

#CBD2C9

text

#0C140A

muted

#7D827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BB48

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

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