#42BB49#42BB49

#42BB49 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.188 H 144.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BB49
RGB	rgb(66, 187, 73)
HSL	hsl(123, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(123, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 0%, 61%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.41, -56.21, 46.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.41, 73.25, 140.12°)
OKLab	oklab(70.03% -0.1523 0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(70.03% 0.188 144.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.2184, 37.1778, 12.3599)
Luminance	0.3718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BB49 #BB42B4

analogous

#78BB42 #42BB49 #42BB86

triadic

#42BB49 #4942BB #BB4942

tetradic

#42BB49 #4278BB #BB42B4 #BB8642

square

#42BB49 #4278BB #BB42B4 #BB8642

split-complementary

#42BB49 #8642BB #BB4278

monochromatic

#226126 #328E37 #42BB49 #6ECC74 #9CDC9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#42BB49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#42BB49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BB49

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BB49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BB49	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAA3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A052

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25B6A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bb49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 187, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.188 144.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d080',
    500: '#42bb49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bb49;
$custom-light: #85d080;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bb49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 123.471,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70033,
    "c": 0.18803,
    "h": 144.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BB49

secondary

#C891C5

accent

#50D0D7

background

#F8FCF8

surface

#F0F9EF

border

#CBD2CA

text

#0C140A

muted

#7D827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BB49

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

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