#42BD4B#42BD4B

#42BD4B is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.189 H 144.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BD4B
RGB	rgb(66, 189, 75)
HSL	hsl(124, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(124, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 0%, 60.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.06, -56.69, 46.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.06, 73.52, 140.45°)
OKLab	oklab(70.58% -0.1535 0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(70.58% 0.189 144.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.7130, 38.0592, 12.8571)
Luminance	0.3806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BD4B #BD42B4

analogous

#77BD42 #42BD4B #42BD88

triadic

#42BD4B #4B42BD #BD4B42

tetradic

#42BD4B #4277BD #BD42B4 #BD8842

square

#42BD4B #4277BD #BD42B4 #BD8842

split-complementary

#42BD4B #8842BD #BD4277

monochromatic

#226227 #329039 #42BD4B #6FCD76 #9DDDA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#42BD4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#42BD4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BD4B

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BD4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BD4B	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)

#C0AC3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A254

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23B8A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bd4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 189, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.189 144.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d281',
    500: '#42bd4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bd4b;
$custom-light: #85d281;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bd4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 124.39,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7058,
    "c": 0.18892,
    "h": 144.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BD4B

secondary

#C992C5

accent

#50CED8

background

#F8FDF8

surface

#F0FAEF

border

#CBD3CA

text

#0C140B

muted

#7D837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BD4B

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

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