#42BC3E#42BC3E

#42BC3E is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.197 H 142.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BC3E
RGB	rgb(66, 188, 62)
HSL	hsl(118, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(118, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 67%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.63, -57.73, 51.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.63, 77.67, 138.01°)
OKLab	oklab(70.18% -0.157 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(70.18% 0.197 142.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.0983, 37.4704, 10.6771)
Luminance	0.3747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BC3E #B83EBC

analogous

#81BC3E #42BC3E #3EBC79

triadic

#42BC3E #3E42BC #BC3E42

tetradic

#42BC3E #3E81BC #B83EBC #BC793E

square

#42BC3E #3E81BC #B83EBC #BC793E

split-complementary

#42BC3E #793EBC #BC3E81

monochromatic

#226020 #328E2F #42BC3E #6DCE6A #9ADD98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#42BC3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#42BC3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BC3E

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BC3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BC3E	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A14A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28B7A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bc3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 188, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.197 142.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d179',
    500: '#42bc3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bc3e;
$custom-light: #85d179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bc3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 118.095,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70181,
    "c": 0.1974,
    "h": 142.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BC3E

secondary

#C78DC9

accent

#4EDAD5

background

#F8FDF7

surface

#F0FAEE

border

#CBD3C9

text

#0C1409

muted

#7D837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BC3E

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

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