#42BC42#42BC42

#42BC42 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.195 H 143.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BC42
RGB	rgb(66, 188, 66)
HSL	hsl(120, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(120, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.66, -57.33, 50.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.66, 76.28, 138.72°)
OKLab	oklab(70.22% -0.1557 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(70.22% 0.195 143.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.2121, 37.5159, 11.2766)
Luminance	0.3752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BC42 #BC42BC

analogous

#7FBC42 #42BC42 #42BC7F

triadic

#42BC42 #4242BC #BC4242

tetradic

#42BC42 #427FBC #BC42BC #BC7F42

square

#42BC42 #427FBC #BC42BC #BC7F42

split-complementary

#42BC42 #7F42BC #BC427F

monochromatic

#226122 #328F32 #42BC42 #6FCC6F #9CDC9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#42BC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#42BC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BC42

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BC42	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)

#C0AB33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A14D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27B7A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bc42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 188, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.195 143.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d17c',
    500: '#42bc42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bc42;
$custom-light: #85d17c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bc42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7022,
    "c": 0.19455,
    "h": 143.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BC42

secondary

#C991C9

accent

#50D8D8

background

#F8FDF7

surface

#F0FAEE

border

#CBD3C9

text

#0C140A

muted

#7D837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BC42

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

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