#42BC7E#42BC7E

#42BC7E is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.142 H 157.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BC7E
RGB	rgb(66, 188, 126)
HSL	hsl(150, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(150, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 33%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.48, -48.14, 21.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.48, 52.80, 155.74°)
OKLab	oklab(71.16% -0.1308 0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(71.16% 0.142 157.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.9937, 38.6285, 25.9262)
Luminance	0.3863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BC7E #BC4280

analogous

#43BC42 #42BC7E #42BCBB

triadic

#42BC7E #7E42BC #BC7E42

tetradic

#42BC7E #4243BC #BC4280 #BCBB42

square

#42BC7E #4243BC #BC4280 #BCBB42

split-complementary

#42BC7E #BB42BC #BC4243

monochromatic

#226141 #328F60 #42BC7E #6FCC9D #9CDCBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#42BC7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#42BC7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BC7E

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BC7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BC7E	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBAE7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA282

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bc7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 188, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.142 157.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d1a3',
    500: '#42bc7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bc7e;
$custom-light: #84d1a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bc7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 149.508,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71162,
    "c": 0.14184,
    "h": 157.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BC7E

secondary

#C991AD

accent

#5095D8

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C140F

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BC7E

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

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