#42BC78#42BC78

#42BC78 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.147 H 155.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BC78
RGB	rgb(66, 188, 120)
HSL	hsl(147, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(147, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 36.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.37, -49.33, 24.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.37, 55.18, 153.36°)
OKLab	oklab(71.04% -0.1336 0.0621)
OKLCH	oklch(71.04% 0.147 155.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.6181, 38.4783, 23.9480)
Luminance	0.3848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BC78 #BC4286

analogous

#49BC42 #42BC78 #42BCB5

triadic

#42BC78 #7842BC #BC7842

tetradic

#42BC78 #4249BC #BC4286 #BCB542

square

#42BC78 #4249BC #BC4286 #BCB542

split-complementary

#42BC78 #B542BC #BC4249

monochromatic

#22613E #328F5B #42BC78 #6FCC98 #9CDCB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#42BC78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#42BC78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BC78

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BC78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BC78	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBAD74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA27C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bc78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 188, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.147 155.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d19f',
    500: '#42bc78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bc78;
$custom-light: #84d19f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bc78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 146.557,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71036,
    "c": 0.14733,
    "h": 155.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BC78

secondary

#C991B0

accent

#509CD8

background

#F8FCF9

surface

#F0F9F2

border

#CBD2CC

text

#0C140E

muted

#7D827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BC78

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

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