#42BD2B#42BD2B

#42BD2B is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.210 H 140.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42BD2B
RGBrgb(66, 189, 43)
HSLhsl(111, 63%, 45%)
HSVhsv(111, 77%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(65.1%, 0%, 77.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LABlab(67.82, -59.59, 59.15)
CIE-LCHlch(67.82, 83.96, 135.21°)
OKLaboklab(70.3% -0.163 0.1323)
OKLCHoklch(70.3% 0.21 140.9)
XYZxyz(20.8793, 37.7258, 8.4665)
Luminance0.3773 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42BD2B #A62BBD
analogous
#8BBD2B #42BD2B #2BBD5D
triadic
#42BD2B #2B42BD #BD2B42
tetradic
#42BD2B #2B8BBD #A62BBD #BD5D2B
square
#42BD2B #2B8BBD #A62BBD #BD5D2B
split-complementary
#42BD2B #5D2BBD #BD2B8B
monochromatic
#1F5914 #318B20 #42BD2B #64D74E #90E280

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46
#42BD2B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55
#42BD2B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BD2B
8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42BD2B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42BD2B1.002.468.558.55
#FFFFFF2.461.0021.0021.00
#0000008.5521.001.001.00
##0000008.5521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C2AB02
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B3A13C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#2CB7A2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42bd2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 189, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.210 140.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d26f',
    500: '#42bd2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42bd2b;
$custom-light: #86d26f;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42bd2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 110.548,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70297,
    "c": 0.20994,
    "h": 140.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42BD2B
secondary
#BE79CB
accent
#42E6CC
background
#F8FDF7
surface
#F0FAED
border
#CBD3C8
text
#0D1408
muted
#7D837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BD2B

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#42BD2B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva