#42BC5E#42BC5E

#42BC5E is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.171 H 147.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BC5E
RGB	rgb(66, 188, 94)
HSL	hsl(134, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(134, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 50%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.97, -53.79, 37.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.97, 65.65, 145.02°)
OKLab	oklab(70.57% -0.1451 0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(70.57% 0.171 147.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.2488, 37.9306, 16.7363)
Luminance	0.3793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BC5E #BC42A0

analogous

#63BC42 #42BC5E #42BC9B

triadic

#42BC5E #5E42BC #BC5E42

tetradic

#42BC5E #4263BC #BC42A0 #BC9B42

square

#42BC5E #4263BC #BC42A0 #BC9B42

split-complementary

#42BC5E #9B42BC #BC4263

monochromatic

#226131 #328F47 #42BC5E #6FCC84 #9CDCAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#42BC5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#42BC5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BC5E

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BC5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BC5E	1.00	2.45	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAC56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA165

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#19B8A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bc5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 188, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.171 147.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d18d',
    500: '#42bc5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bc5e;
$custom-light: #84d18d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bc5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 133.77,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70573,
    "c": 0.17143,
    "h": 147.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BC5E

secondary

#C991BC

accent

#50B9D8

background

#F8FCF8

surface

#F0F9F0

border

#CBD2CB

text

#0C140C

muted

#7D827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BC5E

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

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