#42BC79#42BC79

#42BC79 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.146 H 155.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BC79
RGB	rgb(66, 188, 121)
HSL	hsl(147, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(147, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 35.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.39, -49.13, 24.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.39, 54.79, 153.74°)
OKLab	oklab(71.06% -0.1332 0.0609)
OKLCH	oklch(71.06% 0.146 155.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.6791, 38.5027, 24.2693)
Luminance	0.3851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BC79 #BC4285

analogous

#48BC42 #42BC79 #42BCB6

triadic

#42BC79 #7942BC #BC7942

tetradic

#42BC79 #4248BC #BC4285 #BCB642

square

#42BC79 #4248BC #BC4285 #BCB642

split-complementary

#42BC79 #B642BC #BC4248

monochromatic

#22613F #328F5C #42BC79 #6FCC99 #9CDCB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#42BC79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#42BC79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BC79

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BC79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BC79	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)

#BBAE75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA27D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bc79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 188, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.146 155.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d1a0',
    500: '#42bc79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bc79;
$custom-light: #84d1a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bc79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 147.049,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71057,
    "c": 0.14641,
    "h": 155.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BC79

secondary

#C991B0

accent

#509BD8

background

#F8FCF9

surface

#F0F9F2

border

#CBD2CC

text

#0C140E

muted

#7D827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BC79

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →