#42BC36#42BC36

#42BC36 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.203 H 141.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BC36
RGB	rgb(66, 188, 54)
HSL	hsl(115, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(115, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.57, -58.44, 55.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.57, 80.29, 136.71°)
OKLab	oklab(70.11% -0.1593 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(70.11% 0.203 141.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.8947, 37.3889, 9.6050)
Luminance	0.3739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BC36 #B036BC

analogous

#85BC36 #42BC36 #36BC6D

triadic

#42BC36 #3642BC #BC3642

tetradic

#42BC36 #3685BC #B036BC #BC6D36

square

#42BC36 #3685BC #B036BC #BC6D36

split-complementary

#42BC36 #6D36BC #BC3685

monochromatic

#215D1B #318C28 #42BC36 #69D15E #95DF8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#42BC36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#42BC36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BC36

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BC36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BC36	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A143

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2AB6A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bc36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 188, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.203 141.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d175',
    500: '#42bc36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bc36;
$custom-light: #86d175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bc36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 114.627,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70112,
    "c": 0.20263,
    "h": 141.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BC36

secondary

#C385C9

accent

#49DFD1

background

#F8FDF7

surface

#F0FAED

border

#CBD3C8

text

#0C1409

muted

#7D837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BC36

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

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