#42BC56#42BC56

#42BC56 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.179 H 146.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BC56
RGB	rgb(66, 188, 86)
HSL	hsl(130, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(130, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 54.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.87, -54.94, 41.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.87, 68.81, 142.97°)
OKLab	oklab(70.46% -0.1484 0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(70.46% 0.179 146.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.9082, 37.7943, 14.9428)
Luminance	0.3780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BC56 #BC42A8

analogous

#6BBC42 #42BC56 #42BC93

triadic

#42BC56 #5642BC #BC5642

tetradic

#42BC56 #426BBC #BC42A8 #BC9342

square

#42BC56 #426BBC #BC42A8 #BC9342

split-complementary

#42BC56 #9342BC #BC426B

monochromatic

#22612D #328F41 #42BC56 #6FCC7E #9CDCA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#42BC56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#42BC56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BC56

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BC56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BC56	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)

#BFAC4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A15E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1EB8A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bc56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 188, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.179 146.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d188',
    500: '#42bc56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bc56;
$custom-light: #84d188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bc56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 129.836,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70458,
    "c": 0.17851,
    "h": 146.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BC56

secondary

#C991BF

accent

#50C1D8

background

#F8FDF8

surface

#F0FAF0

border

#CBD3CB

text

#0C140B

muted

#7D837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BC56

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

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