#42BC40#42BC40

#42BC40 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.196 H 142.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BC40
RGB	rgb(66, 188, 64)
HSL	hsl(119, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(119, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.64, -57.53, 51.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.64, 76.98, 138.36°)
OKLab	oklab(70.2% -0.1563 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(70.2% 0.196 142.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.1542, 37.4927, 10.9715)
Luminance	0.3750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BC40 #BA40BC

analogous

#80BC40 #42BC40 #40BC7C

triadic

#42BC40 #4042BC #BC4042

tetradic

#42BC40 #4080BC #BA40BC #BC7C40

square

#42BC40 #4080BC #BA40BC #BC7C40

split-complementary

#42BC40 #7C40BC #BC4080

monochromatic

#226121 #328E30 #42BC40 #6ECD6C #9BDD9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#42BC40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#42BC40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BC40

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BC40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BC40	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A14B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27B7A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bc40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 188, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.196 142.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d17a',
    500: '#42bc40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bc40;
$custom-light: #85d17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bc40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 119.032,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.702,
    "c": 0.19599,
    "h": 142.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BC40

secondary

#C88FC9

accent

#4FD9D7

background

#F8FDF7

surface

#F0FAEE

border

#CBD3C9

text

#0C140A

muted

#7D837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BC40

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

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