#42BC48#42BC48

#42BC48 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.190 H 144.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BC48
RGB	rgb(66, 188, 72)
HSL	hsl(123, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(123, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 61.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.72, -56.68, 47.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.72, 74.13, 139.88°)
OKLab	oklab(70.28% -0.1536 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(70.28% 0.19 144)
XYZ	xyz(21.3984, 37.5904, 12.2576)
Luminance	0.3759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BC48 #BC42B6

analogous

#79BC42 #42BC48 #42BC85

triadic

#42BC48 #4842BC #BC4842

tetradic

#42BC48 #4279BC #BC42B6 #BC8542

square

#42BC48 #4279BC #BC42B6 #BC8542

split-complementary

#42BC48 #8542BC #BC4279

monochromatic

#226125 #328F37 #42BC48 #6FCC73 #9CDC9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#42BC48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#42BC48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BC48

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BC48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BC48	1.00	2.47	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A152

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25B7A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bc48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 188, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.190 144.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d17f',
    500: '#42bc48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bc48;
$custom-light: #85d17f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bc48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 122.951,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70284,
    "c": 0.19004,
    "h": 144
  },
  "luminance": 0.37593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BC48

secondary

#C991C6

accent

#50D1D8

background

#F8FDF7

surface

#F0FAEE

border

#CBD3C9

text

#0C140A

muted

#7D837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BC48

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

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