#42BD4E#42BD4E

#42BD4E is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.187 H 144.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BD4E
RGB	rgb(66, 189, 78)
HSL	hsl(126, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(126, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 0%, 58.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.10, -56.33, 45.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.10, 72.40, 141.08°)
OKLab	oklab(70.62% -0.1525 0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(70.62% 0.187 144.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.8181, 38.1013, 13.4107)
Luminance	0.3810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BD4E #BD42B1

analogous

#73BD42 #42BD4E #42BD8C

triadic

#42BD4E #4E42BD #BD4E42

tetradic

#42BD4E #4273BD #BD42B1 #BD8C42

square

#42BD4E #4273BD #BD42B1 #BD8C42

split-complementary

#42BD4E #8C42BD #BD4273

monochromatic

#226229 #32903B #42BD4E #6FCD78 #9DDDA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#42BD4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#42BD4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BD4E

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BD4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BD4E	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AC43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A257

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#22B8A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bd4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 189, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.187 144.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d283',
    500: '#42bd4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bd4e;
$custom-light: #85d283;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bd4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 125.854,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70616,
    "c": 0.18651,
    "h": 144.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BD4E

secondary

#C992C4

accent

#50CBD8

background

#F8FDF8

surface

#F0FAEF

border

#CBD3CA

text

#0C140B

muted

#7D837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BD4E

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →