#42BC62#42BC62

#42BC62 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.168 H 148.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BC62
RGB	rgb(66, 188, 98)
HSL	hsl(136, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(136, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 47.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.02, -53.18, 35.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.02, 64.05, 146.12°)
OKLab	oklab(70.64% -0.1435 0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(70.64% 0.168 148.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.4329, 38.0042, 17.7062)
Luminance	0.3801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BC62 #BC429C

analogous

#5FBC42 #42BC62 #42BC9F

triadic

#42BC62 #6242BC #BC6242

tetradic

#42BC62 #425FBC #BC429C #BC9F42

square

#42BC62 #425FBC #BC429C #BC9F42

split-complementary

#42BC62 #9F42BC #BC425F

monochromatic

#226133 #328F4A #42BC62 #6FCC87 #9CDCAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#42BC62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#42BC62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BC62

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BC62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BC62	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)

#BEAC5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA268

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#16B8A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bc62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 188, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.168 148.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d190',
    500: '#42bc62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bc62;
$custom-light: #84d190;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bc62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 135.738,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70636,
    "c": 0.16779,
    "h": 148.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BC62

secondary

#C991BA

accent

#50B4D8

background

#F8FCF8

surface

#F0F9F0

border

#CBD2CB

text

#0C140D

muted

#7D827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BC62

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

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