#42BC4F#42BC4F

#42BC4F is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.184 H 145.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BC4F
RGB	rgb(66, 188, 79)
HSL	hsl(126, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(126, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 58%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.79, -55.85, 44.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.79, 71.51, 141.35°)
OKLab	oklab(70.37% -0.1511 0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(70.37% 0.184 145)
XYZ	xyz(21.6399, 37.6870, 13.5295)
Luminance	0.3769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BC4F #BC42AF

analogous

#72BC42 #42BC4F #42BC8C

triadic

#42BC4F #4F42BC #BC4F42

tetradic

#42BC4F #4272BC #BC42AF #BC8C42

square

#42BC4F #4272BC #BC42AF #BC8C42

split-complementary

#42BC4F #8C42BC #BC4272

monochromatic

#226129 #328F3C #42BC4F #6FCC79 #9CDCA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#42BC4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#42BC4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BC4F

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BC4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BC4F	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAB44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A158

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#22B7A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bc4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 188, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.184 145.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d183',
    500: '#42bc4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bc4f;
$custom-light: #85d183;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bc4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 126.393,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70366,
    "c": 0.18443,
    "h": 145
  },
  "luminance": 0.37689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BC4F

secondary

#C991C3

accent

#50C9D8

background

#F8FDF8

surface

#F0FAEF

border

#CBD3CA

text

#0C140B

muted

#7D837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BC4F

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

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