#42BC3C#42BC3C

#42BC3C is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.199 H 142.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42BC3C
RGBrgb(66, 188, 60)
HSLhsl(117, 52%, 49%)
HSVhsv(117, 68%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(64.9%, 0%, 68.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(67.61, -57.91, 52.76)
CIE-LCHlch(67.61, 78.34, 137.67°)
OKLaboklab(70.16% -0.1576 0.1211)
OKLCHoklch(70.16% 0.199 142.5)
XYZxyz(21.0444, 37.4488, 10.3934)
Luminance0.3745 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42BC3C #B63CBC
analogous
#82BC3C #42BC3C #3CBC76
triadic
#42BC3C #3C42BC #BC3C42
tetradic
#42BC3C #3C82BC #B63CBC #BC763C
square
#42BC3C #3C82BC #B63CBC #BC763C
split-complementary
#42BC3C #763CBC #BC3C82
monochromatic
#215F1E #328E2D #42BC3C #6CCE67 #99DD95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47
#42BC3C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49
#42BC3C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BC3C
8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42BC3C#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42BC3C1.002.478.498.49
#FFFFFF2.471.0021.0021.00
#0000008.4921.001.001.00
##0000008.4921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C0AB2A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B2A148
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#29B6A2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42bc3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 188, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.199 142.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d178',
    500: '#42bc3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42bc3c;
$custom-light: #86d178;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42bc3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 117.188,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70163,
    "c": 0.19876,
    "h": 142.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42BC3C
secondary
#C68BC9
accent
#4DDBD4
background
#F8FDF7
surface
#F0FAEE
border
#CBD3C9
text
#0C1409
muted
#7D837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BC3C

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#42BC3C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva