#42BB4C#42BB4C

#42BB4C is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.186 H 144.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42BB4C
RGBrgb(66, 187, 76)
HSLhsl(125, 48%, 50%)
HSVhsv(125, 65%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(64.7%, 0%, 59.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LABlab(67.44, -55.86, 45.64)
CIE-LCHlch(67.44, 72.13, 140.75°)
OKLaboklab(70.07% -0.1512 0.1076)
OKLCHoklch(70.07% 0.186 144.6)
XYZxyz(21.3203, 37.2185, 12.8964)
Luminance0.3722 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42BB4C #BB42B1
analogous
#74BB42 #42BB4C #42BB89
triadic
#42BB4C #4C42BB #BB4C42
tetradic
#42BB4C #4274BB #BB42B1 #BB8942
square
#42BB4C #4274BB #BB42B1 #BB8942
split-complementary
#42BB4C #8942BB #BB4274
monochromatic
#226127 #328E3A #42BB4C #6ECC76 #9CDCA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49
#42BB4C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44
#42BB4C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BB4C
8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42BB4C#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42BB4C1.002.498.448.44
#FFFFFF2.491.0021.0021.00
#0000008.4421.001.001.00
##0000008.4421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BEAA40
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AFA055
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#24B6A3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42bb4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 187, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.186 144.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d082',
    500: '#42bb4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42bb4c;
$custom-light: #85d082;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42bb4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 124.959,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70068,
    "c": 0.18563,
    "h": 144.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42BB4C
secondary
#C891C3
accent
#50CCD7
background
#F8FCF8
surface
#F0F9EF
border
#CBD2CA
text
#0C140B
muted
#7D827C

Preview Lab

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#42BB4C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva