#42BC55#42BC55

#42BC55 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.179 H 146.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BC55
RGB	rgb(66, 188, 85)
HSL	hsl(129, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(129, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 54.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.86, -55.07, 41.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.86, 69.20, 142.73°)
OKLab	oklab(70.44% -0.1488 0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(70.44% 0.179 146.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.8682, 37.7783, 14.7321)
Luminance	0.3778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BC55 #BC42A9

analogous

#6CBC42 #42BC55 #42BC92

triadic

#42BC55 #5542BC #BC5542

tetradic

#42BC55 #426CBC #BC42A9 #BC9242

square

#42BC55 #426CBC #BC42A9 #BC9242

split-complementary

#42BC55 #9242BC #BC426C

monochromatic

#22612C #328F41 #42BC55 #6FCC7D #9CDCA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#42BC55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#42BC55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BC55

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BC55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BC55	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAC4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A15D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1FB8A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bc55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 188, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.179 146.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d187',
    500: '#42bc55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bc55;
$custom-light: #84d187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bc55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 129.344,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70444,
    "c": 0.17937,
    "h": 146.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BC55

secondary

#C991C0

accent

#50C3D8

background

#F8FDF8

surface

#F0FAF0

border

#CBD3CB

text

#0C140B

muted

#7D837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BC55

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

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