#42BC5F#42BC5F

#42BC5F is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.171 H 148.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BC5F
RGB	rgb(66, 188, 95)
HSL	hsl(134, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(134, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 49.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.98, -53.64, 37.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.98, 65.25, 145.29°)
OKLab	oklab(70.59% -0.1447 0.0902)
OKLCH	oklch(70.59% 0.171 148.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.2939, 37.9486, 16.9742)
Luminance	0.3795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BC5F #BC429F

analogous

#62BC42 #42BC5F #42BC9C

triadic

#42BC5F #5F42BC #BC5F42

tetradic

#42BC5F #4262BC #BC429F #BC9C42

square

#42BC5F #4262BC #BC429F #BC9C42

split-complementary

#42BC5F #9C42BC #BC4262

monochromatic

#226131 #328F48 #42BC5F #6FCC85 #9CDCAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#42BC5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#42BC5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BC5F

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BC5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BC5F	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	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)

#BEAC57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA266

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#18B8A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bc5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 188, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.171 148.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d18e',
    500: '#42bc5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bc5f;
$custom-light: #84d18e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bc5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 134.262,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70589,
    "c": 0.17053,
    "h": 148.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BC5F

secondary

#C991BB

accent

#50B7D8

background

#F8FCF8

surface

#F0F9F0

border

#CBD2CB

text

#0C140C

muted

#7D827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BC5F

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

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