#42BC4C#42BC4C

#42BC4C is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.187 H 144.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42BC4C
RGBrgb(66, 188, 76)
HSLhsl(125, 48%, 50%)
HSVhsv(125, 65%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(64.9%, 0%, 59.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(67.76, -56.22, 46.01)
CIE-LCHlch(67.76, 72.64, 140.70°)
OKLaboklab(70.33% -0.1522 0.1084)
OKLCHoklch(70.33% 0.187 144.5)
XYZxyz(21.5331, 37.6443, 12.9674)
Luminance0.3765 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42BC4C #BC42B2
analogous
#75BC42 #42BC4C #42BC89
triadic
#42BC4C #4C42BC #BC4C42
tetradic
#42BC4C #4275BC #BC42B2 #BC8942
square
#42BC4C #4275BC #BC42B2 #BC8942
split-complementary
#42BC4C #8942BC #BC4275
monochromatic
#226127 #328F3A #42BC4C #6FCC76 #9CDCA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46
#42BC4C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53
#42BC4C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BC4C
8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42BC4C#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42BC4C1.002.468.538.53
#FFFFFF2.461.0021.0021.00
#0000008.5321.001.001.00
##0000008.5321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BFAB40
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B0A155
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#23B7A4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42bc4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 188, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.187 144.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d182',
    500: '#42bc4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42bc4c;
$custom-light: #85d182;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42bc4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 124.918,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7033,
    "c": 0.18688,
    "h": 144.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42BC4C
secondary
#C991C4
accent
#50CDD8
background
#F8FDF8
surface
#F0FAEF
border
#CBD3CA
text
#0C140B
muted
#7D837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BC4C

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#42BC4C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva