#42BC61#42BC61

#42BC61 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.169 H 148.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BC61
RGB	rgb(66, 188, 97)
HSL	hsl(135, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(135, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 48.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.01, -53.33, 36.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.01, 64.45, 145.84°)
OKLab	oklab(70.62% -0.1439 0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(70.62% 0.169 148.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.3860, 37.9855, 17.4591)
Luminance	0.3799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BC61 #BC429D

analogous

#60BC42 #42BC61 #42BC9E

triadic

#42BC61 #6142BC #BC6142

tetradic

#42BC61 #4260BC #BC429D #BC9E42

square

#42BC61 #4260BC #BC429D #BC9E42

split-complementary

#42BC61 #9E42BC #BC4260

monochromatic

#226132 #328F4A #42BC61 #6FCC87 #9CDCAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#42BC61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#42BC61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BC61

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BC61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BC61	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAC5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA267

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#17B8A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bc61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 188, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.169 148.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d18f',
    500: '#42bc61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bc61;
$custom-light: #84d18f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bc61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 135.246,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7062,
    "c": 0.1687,
    "h": 148.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BC61

secondary

#C991BA

accent

#50B5D8

background

#F8FCF8

surface

#F0F9F0

border

#CBD2CB

text

#0C140C

muted

#7D827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BC61

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

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