#42BD36#42BD36

#42BD36 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.204 H 141.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42BD36
RGBrgb(66, 189, 54)
HSLhsl(115, 56%, 48%)
HSVhsv(115, 71%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(65.1%, 0%, 71.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LABlab(67.89, -58.78, 55.38)
CIE-LCHlch(67.89, 80.76, 136.71°)
OKLaboklab(70.38% -0.1602 0.1259)
OKLCHoklch(70.38% 0.204 141.8)
XYZxyz(21.1091, 37.8177, 9.6764)
Luminance0.3782 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42BD36 #B136BD
analogous
#85BD36 #42BD36 #36BD6E
triadic
#42BD36 #3642BD #BD3642
tetradic
#42BD36 #3685BD #B136BD #BD6E36
square
#42BD36 #3685BD #B136BD #BD6E36
split-complementary
#42BD36 #6E36BD #BD3685
monochromatic
#215E1B #318D28 #42BD36 #69D15F #96DF8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45
#42BD36 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56
#42BD36 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BD36
8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42BD36#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42BD361.002.458.568.56
#FFFFFF2.451.0021.0021.00
#0000008.5621.001.001.00
##0000008.5621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C2AC20
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B3A243
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#2AB7A2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42bd36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 189, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.204 141.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d275',
    500: '#42bd36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42bd36;
$custom-light: #86d275;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42bd36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 114.667,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70375,
    "c": 0.20379,
    "h": 141.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42BD36
secondary
#C385C9
accent
#49DFD2
background
#F8FDF7
surface
#F0FAED
border
#CBD3C8
text
#0C1409
muted
#7D837B

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#42BD36 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva