#42BD42#42BD42

#42BD42 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.196 H 143.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BD42
RGB	rgb(66, 189, 66)
HSL	hsl(120, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(120, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 0%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.98, -57.68, 50.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.98, 76.78, 138.70°)
OKLab	oklab(70.48% -0.1566 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(70.48% 0.196 143.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.4265, 37.9446, 11.3481)
Luminance	0.3795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BD42 #BD42BD

analogous

#80BD42 #42BD42 #42BD80

triadic

#42BD42 #4242BD #BD4242

tetradic

#42BD42 #427FBD #BD42BD #BD8042

square

#42BD42 #427FBD #BD42BD #BD8042

split-complementary

#42BD42 #7F42BD #BD4280

monochromatic

#226222 #329032 #42BD42 #6FCD6F #9DDD9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#42BD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#42BD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BD42

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BD42	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A24D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26B8A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 189, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.196 143.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d27c',
    500: '#42bd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bd42;
$custom-light: #85d27c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70483,
    "c": 0.19576,
    "h": 143.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BD42

secondary

#C992C9

accent

#50D8D8

background

#F8FDF7

surface

#F0FAEE

border

#CBD3C9

text

#0C140A

muted

#7D837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BD42

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

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