#42BC1E#42BC1E

#42BC1E is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.214 H 140.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BC1E
RGB	rgb(66, 188, 30)
HSL	hsl(106, 72%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(106, 84%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 84%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.44, -59.98, 62.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.44, 86.61, 133.82°)
OKLab	oklab(69.96% -0.1646 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(69.96% 0.215 140.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.4634, 37.2164, 7.3331)
Luminance	0.3722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BC1E #981EBC

analogous

#91BC1E #42BC1E #1EBC49

triadic

#42BC1E #1E42BC #BC1E42

tetradic

#42BC1E #1E91BC #981EBC #BC491E

square

#42BC1E #1E91BC #981EBC #BC491E

split-complementary

#42BC1E #491EBC #BC1E91

monochromatic

#1D520D #2F8716 #42BC1E #5EDF38 #89E86D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#42BC1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#42BC1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BC1E

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BC1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BC1E	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AA00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A133

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2EB6A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bc1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 188, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.214 140.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d16a',
    500: '#42bc1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bc1e;
$custom-light: #87d16a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bc1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 106.329,
    "s": 72.477,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69964,
    "c": 0.2145,
    "h": 140.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BC1E

secondary

#B768CE

accent

#39EFC6

background

#F9FDF6

surface

#F1FAEC

border

#CBD3C7

text

#0D1407

muted

#7E837A

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BC1E

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

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