#42BB79#42BB79

#42BB79 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.145 H 155.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BB79
RGB	rgb(66, 187, 121)
HSL	hsl(147, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(147, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 0%, 35.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.08, -48.73, 23.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.08, 54.24, 153.96°)
OKLab	oklab(70.8% -0.1321 0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(70.8% 0.145 155.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.4662, 38.0769, 24.1983)
Luminance	0.3808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BB79 #BB4284

analogous

#47BB42 #42BB79 #42BBB6

triadic

#42BB79 #7942BB #BB7942

tetradic

#42BB79 #4247BB #BB4284 #BBB642

square

#42BB79 #4247BB #BB4284 #BBB642

split-complementary

#42BB79 #B642BB #BB4247

monochromatic

#22613E #328E5C #42BB79 #6ECC99 #9CDCB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#42BB79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#42BB79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BB79

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BB79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BB79	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAAD75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA17D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bb79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 187, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.145 155.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d0a0',
    500: '#42bb79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bb79;
$custom-light: #83d0a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bb79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 147.273,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.708,
    "c": 0.14504,
    "h": 155.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BB79

secondary

#C891AF

accent

#509AD7

background

#F8FCF9

surface

#F0F9F2

border

#CBD2CC

text

#0C140E

muted

#7D827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BB79

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

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