#42BC70#42BC70

#42BC70 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.155 H 152.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42BC70
RGBrgb(66, 188, 112)
HSLhsl(143, 48%, 50%)
HSVhsv(143, 65%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(64.9%, 0%, 40.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(68.24, -50.82, 28.78)
CIE-LCHlch(68.24, 58.40, 150.48°)
OKLaboklab(70.88% -0.1373 0.0715)
OKLCHoklch(70.88% 0.155 152.5)
XYZxyz(23.1527, 38.2921, 21.4971)
Luminance0.3830 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42BC70 #BC428E
analogous
#51BC42 #42BC70 #42BCAD
triadic
#42BC70 #7042BC #BC7042
tetradic
#42BC70 #4251BC #BC428E #BCAD42
square
#42BC70 #4251BC #BC428E #BCAD42
split-complementary
#42BC70 #AD42BC #BC4251
monochromatic
#22613A #328F55 #42BC70 #6FCC92 #9CDCB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43
#42BC70 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66
#42BC70 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BC70
8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42BC70#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42BC701.002.438.668.66
#FFFFFF2.431.0021.0021.00
#0000008.6621.001.001.00
##0000008.6621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BCAD6B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#ADA275
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#03B9A9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42bc70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 188, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.155 152.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d19a',
    500: '#42bc70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42bc70;
$custom-light: #84d19a;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42bc70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 142.623,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70879,
    "c": 0.15478,
    "h": 152.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42BC70
secondary
#C991B4
accent
#50A5D8
background
#F8FCF9
surface
#F0F9F2
border
#CBD2CC
text
#0C140E
muted
#7D827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BC70

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#42BC70 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva