#42BB4A#42BB4A

#42BB4A is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.187 H 144.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42BB4A
RGBrgb(66, 187, 74)
HSLhsl(124, 48%, 50%)
HSVhsv(124, 65%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(64.7%, 0%, 60.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LABlab(67.42, -56.10, 46.53)
CIE-LCHlch(67.42, 72.88, 140.32°)
OKLaboklab(70.04% -0.152 0.1094)
OKLCHoklch(70.04% 0.187 144.3)
XYZxyz(21.2518, 37.1912, 12.5359)
Luminance0.3719 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42BB4A #BB42B3
analogous
#77BB42 #42BB4A #42BB87
triadic
#42BB4A #4A42BB #BB4A42
tetradic
#42BB4A #4277BB #BB42B3 #BB8742
square
#42BB4A #4277BB #BB42B3 #BB8742
split-complementary
#42BB4A #8742BB #BB4277
monochromatic
#226126 #328E38 #42BB4A #6ECC74 #9CDCA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49
#42BB4A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44
#42BB4A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BB4A
8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42BB4A#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42BB4A1.002.498.448.44
#FFFFFF2.491.0021.0021.00
#0000008.4421.001.001.00
##0000008.4421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BEAA3E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B0A053
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#24B6A3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42bb4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 187, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.187 144.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d080',
    500: '#42bb4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42bb4a;
$custom-light: #85d080;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42bb4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 123.967,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70044,
    "c": 0.18724,
    "h": 144.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42BB4A
secondary
#C891C4
accent
#50CED7
background
#F8FCF8
surface
#F0F9EF
border
#CBD2CA
text
#0C140A
muted
#7D827C

Preview Lab

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#42BB4A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva