#42BC6D#42BC6D

#42BC6D is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.158 H 151.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42BC6D
RGBrgb(66, 188, 109)
HSLhsl(141, 48%, 50%)
HSVhsv(141, 65%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(64.9%, 0%, 42%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(68.19, -51.35, 30.28)
CIE-LCHlch(68.19, 59.61, 149.48°)
OKLaboklab(70.82% -0.1386 0.0749)
OKLCHoklch(70.82% 0.158 151.6)
XYZxyz(22.9885, 38.2264, 20.6320)
Luminance0.3823 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42BC6D #BC4291
analogous
#54BC42 #42BC6D #42BCAA
triadic
#42BC6D #6D42BC #BC6D42
tetradic
#42BC6D #4254BC #BC4291 #BCAA42
square
#42BC6D #4254BC #BC4291 #BCAA42
split-complementary
#42BC6D #AA42BC #BC4254
monochromatic
#226138 #328F53 #42BC6D #6FCC90 #9CDCB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43
#42BC6D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65
#42BC6D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BC6D
8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42BC6D#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42BC6D1.002.438.658.65
#FFFFFF2.431.0021.0021.00
#0000008.6521.001.001.00
##0000008.6521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BDAD67
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#ADA272
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#08B9A9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42bc6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 188, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.158 151.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d198',
    500: '#42bc6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42bc6d;
$custom-light: #84d198;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42bc6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 141.148,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70824,
    "c": 0.15758,
    "h": 151.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42BC6D
secondary
#C991B5
accent
#50A8D8
background
#F8FCF9
surface
#F0F9F2
border
#CBD2CC
text
#0C140D
muted
#7D827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BC6D

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#42BC6D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva