#42BB56#42BB56

#42BB56 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.177 H 146.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BB56
RGB	rgb(66, 187, 86)
HSL	hsl(130, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(130, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 0%, 54%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.55, -54.57, 41.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.55, 68.29, 143.04°)
OKLab	oklab(70.2% -0.1474 0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(70.2% 0.177 146.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.6953, 37.3686, 14.8718)
Luminance	0.3737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BB56 #BB42A7

analogous

#6BBB42 #42BB56 #42BB92

triadic

#42BB56 #5642BB #BB5642

tetradic

#42BB56 #426BBB #BB42A7 #BB9242

square

#42BB56 #426BBB #BB42A7 #BB9242

split-complementary

#42BB56 #9242BB #BB426B

monochromatic

#22612C #328E41 #42BB56 #6ECC7E #9CDCA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#42BB56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#42BB56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BB56

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BB56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BB56	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAB4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA05E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1FB7A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bb56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 187, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.177 146.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d088',
    500: '#42bb56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bb56;
$custom-light: #84d088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bb56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 129.917,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70197,
    "c": 0.17722,
    "h": 146.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BB56

secondary

#C891BF

accent

#50C1D7

background

#F8FCF8

surface

#F0F9F0

border

#CBD2CB

text

#0C140B

muted

#7D827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BB56

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

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