#42BC5A#42BC5A

#42BC5A is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.175 H 147.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BC5A
RGB	rgb(66, 188, 90)
HSL	hsl(132, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(132, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 52.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.92, -54.38, 39.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.92, 67.24, 143.97°)
OKLab	oklab(70.51% -0.1468 0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(70.51% 0.175 147)
XYZ	xyz(22.0739, 37.8606, 15.8154)
Luminance	0.3786 (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

#42BC5A #BC42A4

analogous

#67BC42 #42BC5A #42BC97

triadic

#42BC5A #5A42BC #BC5A42

tetradic

#42BC5A #4267BC #BC42A4 #BC9742

square

#42BC5A #4267BC #BC42A4 #BC9742

split-complementary

#42BC5A #9742BC #BC4267

monochromatic

#22612F #328F44 #42BC5A #6FCC81 #9CDCA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#42BC5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#42BC5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BC5A

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BC5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BC5A	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAC51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA161

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1CB8A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bc5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 188, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.175 147.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d18b',
    500: '#42bc5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bc5a;
$custom-light: #84d18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bc5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 131.803,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70514,
    "c": 0.175,
    "h": 147
  },
  "luminance": 0.37863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BC5A

secondary

#C991BE

accent

#50BDD8

background

#F8FCF8

surface

#F0F9F0

border

#CBD2CB

text

#0C140C

muted

#7D827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BC5A

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

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