#42BD49#42BD49

#42BD49 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.190 H 144.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BD49
RGB	rgb(66, 189, 73)
HSL	hsl(123, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(123, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 0%, 61.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.04, -56.92, 47.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.04, 74.26, 140.04°)
OKLab	oklab(70.56% -0.1543 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(70.56% 0.19 144.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.6456, 38.0323, 12.5023)
Luminance	0.3803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#42BD49 #BD42B6

analogous

#78BD42 #42BD49 #42BD87

triadic

#42BD49 #4942BD #BD4942

tetradic

#42BD49 #4278BD #BD42B6 #BD8742

square

#42BD49 #4278BD #BD42B6 #BD8742

split-complementary

#42BD49 #8742BD #BD4278

monochromatic

#226226 #329037 #42BD49 #6FCD75 #9DDDA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#42BD49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#42BD49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BD49

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BD49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BD49	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A253

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24B8A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bd49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 189, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.190 144.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d280',
    500: '#42bd49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bd49;
$custom-light: #85d280;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bd49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 123.415,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70557,
    "c": 0.19049,
    "h": 144.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BD49

secondary

#C992C6

accent

#50D0D8

background

#F8FDF8

surface

#F0FAEF

border

#CBD3CA

text

#0C140A

muted

#7D837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BD49

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

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