#42BC4B#42BC4B

#42BC4B is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.188 H 144.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42BC4B
RGBrgb(66, 188, 75)
HSLhsl(124, 48%, 50%)
HSVhsv(124, 65%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(64.9%, 0%, 60.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(67.75, -56.33, 46.45)
CIE-LCHlch(67.75, 73.02, 140.49°)
OKLaboklab(70.32% -0.1526 0.1093)
OKLCHoklch(70.32% 0.188 144.4)
XYZxyz(21.4987, 37.6305, 12.7857)
Luminance0.3763 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42BC4B #BC42B3
analogous
#76BC42 #42BC4B #42BC88
triadic
#42BC4B #4B42BC #BC4B42
tetradic
#42BC4B #4276BC #BC42B3 #BC8842
square
#42BC4B #4276BC #BC42B3 #BC8842
split-complementary
#42BC4B #8842BC #BC4276
monochromatic
#226127 #328F39 #42BC4B #6FCC76 #9CDCA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46
#42BC4B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53
#42BC4B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BC4B
8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42BC4B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42BC4B1.002.468.538.53
#FFFFFF2.461.0021.0021.00
#0000008.5321.001.001.00
##0000008.5321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BFAB3F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B0A154
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#24B7A4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42bc4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 188, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.188 144.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d181',
    500: '#42bc4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42bc4b;
$custom-light: #85d181;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42bc4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 124.426,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70318,
    "c": 0.18768,
    "h": 144.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42BC4B
secondary
#C991C4
accent
#50CED8
background
#F8FDF8
surface
#F0FAEF
border
#CBD3CA
text
#0C140B
muted
#7D837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BC4B

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#42BC4B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva