#42BC53#42BC53

#42BC53 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.181 H 145.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BC53
RGB	rgb(66, 188, 83)
HSL	hsl(128, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(128, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 55.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.83, -55.34, 42.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.83, 69.98, 142.26°)
OKLab	oklab(70.42% -0.1496 0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(70.42% 0.181 145.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.7899, 37.7470, 14.3195)
Luminance	0.3775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BC53 #BC42AB

analogous

#6EBC42 #42BC53 #42BC90

triadic

#42BC53 #5342BC #BC5342

tetradic

#42BC53 #426EBC #BC42AB #BC9042

square

#42BC53 #426EBC #BC42AB #BC9042

split-complementary

#42BC53 #9042BC #BC426E

monochromatic

#22612B #328F3F #42BC53 #6FCC7C #9CDCA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#42BC53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#42BC53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BC53

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BC53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BC53	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAC49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A15B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#20B8A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bc53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 188, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.181 145.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d186',
    500: '#42bc53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bc53;
$custom-light: #84d186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bc53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 128.361,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70417,
    "c": 0.18109,
    "h": 145.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BC53

secondary

#C991C1

accent

#50C5D8

background

#F8FDF8

surface

#F0FAEF

border

#CBD3CA

text

#0C140B

muted

#7D837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BC53

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

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