#42BD48#42BD48

#42BD48 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.191 H 143.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BD48
RGB	rgb(66, 189, 72)
HSL	hsl(123, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(123, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 0%, 61.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.03, -57.04, 48.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.03, 74.63, 139.84°)
OKLab	oklab(70.55% -0.1546 0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(70.55% 0.191 143.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.6127, 38.0191, 12.3291)
Luminance	0.3802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#42BD48 #BD42B7

analogous

#79BD42 #42BD48 #42BD86

triadic

#42BD48 #4842BD #BD4842

tetradic

#42BD48 #4279BD #BD42B7 #BD8642

square

#42BD48 #4279BD #BD42B7 #BD8642

split-complementary

#42BD48 #8642BD #BD4279

monochromatic

#226225 #329037 #42BD48 #6FCD74 #9DDDA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#42BD48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#42BD48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BD48

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BD48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BD48	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A252

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24B8A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bd48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 189, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.191 143.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d27f',
    500: '#42bd48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bd48;
$custom-light: #85d27f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bd48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 122.927,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70546,
    "c": 0.19127,
    "h": 143.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BD48

secondary

#C992C6

accent

#50D1D8

background

#F8FDF7

surface

#F0FAEE

border

#CBD3C9

text

#0C140A

muted

#7D837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BD48

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

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