#42BC60#42BC60

#42BC60 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.170 H 148.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BC60
RGB	rgb(66, 188, 96)
HSL	hsl(135, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(135, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 48.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.00, -53.49, 36.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.00, 64.85, 145.56°)
OKLab	oklab(70.6% -0.1443 0.0891)
OKLCH	oklch(70.6% 0.17 148.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.3397, 37.9669, 17.2151)
Luminance	0.3797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BC60 #BC429E

analogous

#61BC42 #42BC60 #42BC9D

triadic

#42BC60 #6042BC #BC6042

tetradic

#42BC60 #4261BC #BC429E #BC9D42

square

#42BC60 #4261BC #BC429E #BC9D42

split-complementary

#42BC60 #9D42BC #BC4261

monochromatic

#226132 #328F49 #42BC60 #6FCC86 #9CDCAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#42BC60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#42BC60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BC60

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BC60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BC60	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)

#BEAC58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA267

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#18B8A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bc60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 188, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.170 148.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d18f',
    500: '#42bc60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bc60;
$custom-light: #84d18f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bc60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 134.754,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70604,
    "c": 0.16962,
    "h": 148.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BC60

secondary

#C991BB

accent

#50B6D8

background

#F8FCF8

surface

#F0F9F0

border

#CBD2CB

text

#0C140C

muted

#7D827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BC60

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

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