#42BC38#42BC38

#42BC38 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.201 H 142.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BC38
RGB	rgb(66, 188, 56)
HSL	hsl(115, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(115, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.58, -58.27, 54.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.58, 79.65, 137.02°)
OKLab	oklab(70.13% -0.1588 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(70.13% 0.201 142)
XYZ	xyz(20.9427, 37.4081, 9.8574)
Luminance	0.3741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BC38 #B238BC

analogous

#84BC38 #42BC38 #38BC70

triadic

#42BC38 #3842BC #BC3842

tetradic

#42BC38 #3884BC #B238BC #BC7038

square

#42BC38 #3884BC #B238BC #BC7038

split-complementary

#42BC38 #7038BC #BC3884

monochromatic

#215E1C #318D2A #42BC38 #6AD061 #96DE90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#42BC38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#42BC38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BC38

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BC38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BC38	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)

#C0AB23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2AB6A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bc38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 188, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.201 142.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d176',
    500: '#42bc38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bc38;
$custom-light: #86d176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bc38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 115.455,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70128,
    "c": 0.20139,
    "h": 142
  },
  "luminance": 0.3741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BC38

secondary

#C487C9

accent

#4ADDD2

background

#F8FDF7

surface

#F0FAED

border

#CBD3C8

text

#0C1409

muted

#7D837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BC38

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

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