#42BB5A#42BB5A

#42BB5A is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.174 H 147.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BB5A
RGB	rgb(66, 187, 90)
HSL	hsl(132, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(132, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 0%, 51.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.60, -54.01, 39.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.60, 66.71, 144.05°)
OKLab	oklab(70.25% -0.1458 0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(70.25% 0.174 147.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.8610, 37.4349, 15.7444)
Luminance	0.3744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BB5A #BB42A3

analogous

#67BB42 #42BB5A #42BB97

triadic

#42BB5A #5A42BB #BB5A42

tetradic

#42BB5A #4267BB #BB42A3 #BB9742

square

#42BB5A #4267BB #BB42A3 #BB9742

split-complementary

#42BB5A #9742BB #BB4267

monochromatic

#22612E #328E44 #42BB5A #6ECC81 #9CDCA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#42BB5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#42BB5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BB5A

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BB5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BB5A	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAB52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA161

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1DB7A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bb5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 187, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.174 147.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d08b',
    500: '#42bb5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bb5a;
$custom-light: #84d08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bb5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 131.901,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70253,
    "c": 0.1737,
    "h": 147.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BB5A

secondary

#C891BD

accent

#50BDD7

background

#F8FCF8

surface

#F0F9F0

border

#CBD2CB

text

#0C140C

muted

#7D827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BB5A

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

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