#42BC4D#42BC4D

#42BC4D is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.186 H 144.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42BC4D
RGBrgb(66, 188, 77)
HSLhsl(125, 48%, 50%)
HSVhsv(125, 65%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(64.9%, 0%, 59%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(67.77, -56.10, 45.56)
CIE-LCHlch(67.77, 72.27, 140.91°)
OKLaboklab(70.34% -0.1519 0.1075)
OKLCHoklch(70.34% 0.186 144.7)
XYZxyz(21.5682, 37.6583, 13.1519)
Luminance0.3766 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42BC4D #BC42B1
analogous
#74BC42 #42BC4D #42BC8A
triadic
#42BC4D #4D42BC #BC4D42
tetradic
#42BC4D #4274BC #BC42B1 #BC8A42
square
#42BC4D #4274BC #BC42B1 #BC8A42
split-complementary
#42BC4D #8A42BC #BC4274
monochromatic
#226128 #328F3A #42BC4D #6FCC77 #9CDCA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46
#42BC4D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53
#42BC4D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BC4D
8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42BC4D#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42BC4D1.002.468.538.53
#FFFFFF2.461.0021.0021.00
#0000008.5321.001.001.00
##0000008.5321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BFAB41
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B0A156
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#23B7A4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42bc4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 188, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.186 144.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d182',
    500: '#42bc4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42bc4d;
$custom-light: #85d182;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42bc4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 125.41,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70342,
    "c": 0.18607,
    "h": 144.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42BC4D
secondary
#C991C4
accent
#50CBD8
background
#F8FDF8
surface
#F0FAEF
border
#CBD3CA
text
#0C140B
muted
#7D837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BC4D

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#42BC4D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva