#42BC7C#42BC7C

#42BC7C is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.144 H 156.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BC7C
RGB	rgb(66, 188, 124)
HSL	hsl(149, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(149, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 34%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.44, -48.54, 22.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.44, 53.59, 154.93°)
OKLab	oklab(71.12% -0.1318 0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(71.12% 0.144 156.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.8659, 38.5774, 25.2533)
Luminance	0.3858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BC7C #BC4282

analogous

#45BC42 #42BC7C #42BCB9

triadic

#42BC7C #7C42BC #BC7C42

tetradic

#42BC7C #4245BC #BC4282 #BCB942

square

#42BC7C #4245BC #BC4282 #BCB942

split-complementary

#42BC7C #B942BC #BC4245

monochromatic

#226140 #328F5E #42BC7C #6FCC9B #9CDCBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#42BC7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#42BC7C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BC7C

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BC7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BC7C	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBAE78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA280

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bc7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 188, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.144 156.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d1a2',
    500: '#42bc7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bc7c;
$custom-light: #84d1a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bc7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 148.525,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71119,
    "c": 0.14366,
    "h": 156.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BC7C

secondary

#C991AE

accent

#5097D8

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F3

border

#CBD2CD

text

#0C140F

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BC7C

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

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