#42BD5B#42BD5B

#42BD5B is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.175 H 147.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BD5B
RGB	rgb(66, 189, 91)
HSL	hsl(132, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(132, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 0%, 51.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.25, -54.60, 39.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.25, 67.37, 144.14°)
OKLab	oklab(70.79% -0.1474 0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(70.79% 0.175 147.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.3311, 38.3065, 16.1125)
Luminance	0.3831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BD5B #BD42A4

analogous

#67BD42 #42BD5B #42BD98

triadic

#42BD5B #5B42BD #BD5B42

tetradic

#42BD5B #4267BD #BD42A4 #BD9842

square

#42BD5B #4267BD #BD42A4 #BD9842

split-complementary

#42BD5B #9842BD #BD4267

monochromatic

#22622F #329045 #42BD5B #6FCD82 #9DDDAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#42BD5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#42BD5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BD5B

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BD5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BD5B	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAD52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A262

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1AB9A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bd5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 189, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.175 147.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d28b',
    500: '#42bd5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bd5b;
$custom-light: #84d28b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bd5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 132.195,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70789,
    "c": 0.17542,
    "h": 147.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BD5B

secondary

#C992BE

accent

#50BCD8

background

#F8FDF8

surface

#F0FAF0

border

#CBD3CB

text

#0C140C

muted

#7D837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BD5B

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

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