#42BC49#42BC49

#42BC49 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.189 H 144.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BC49
RGB	rgb(66, 188, 73)
HSL	hsl(123, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(123, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.73, -56.57, 47.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.73, 73.76, 140.08°)
OKLab	oklab(70.3% -0.1533 0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(70.3% 0.189 144.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.4313, 37.6036, 12.4308)
Luminance	0.3761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BC49 #BC42B5

analogous

#78BC42 #42BC49 #42BC86

triadic

#42BC49 #4942BC #BC4942

tetradic

#42BC49 #4278BC #BC42B5 #BC8642

square

#42BC49 #4278BC #BC42B5 #BC8642

split-complementary

#42BC49 #8642BC #BC4278

monochromatic

#226126 #328F37 #42BC49 #6FCC74 #9CDCA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#42BC49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#42BC49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BC49

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BC49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BC49	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	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)

#BFAB3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A153

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24B7A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bc49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 188, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.189 144.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d180',
    500: '#42bc49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bc49;
$custom-light: #85d180;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bc49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 123.443,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70295,
    "c": 0.18926,
    "h": 144.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BC49

secondary

#C991C5

accent

#50D0D8

background

#F8FDF8

surface

#F0FAEF

border

#CBD3CA

text

#0C140A

muted

#7D837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BC49

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

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