#42BD69#42BD69

#42BD69 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.163 H 150.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BD69
RGB	rgb(66, 189, 105)
HSL	hsl(139, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(139, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 0%, 44.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.44, -52.42, 32.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.44, 61.77, 148.07°)
OKLab	oklab(71.01% -0.1414 0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(71.01% 0.163 150.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.9924, 38.5710, 19.5951)
Luminance	0.3857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BD69 #BD4296

analogous

#59BD42 #42BD69 #42BDA6

triadic

#42BD69 #6942BD #BD6942

tetradic

#42BD69 #4259BD #BD4296 #BDA642

square

#42BD69 #4259BD #BD4296 #BDA642

split-complementary

#42BD69 #A642BD #BD4259

monochromatic

#226237 #329050 #42BD69 #6FCD8D #9DDDB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#42BD69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#42BD69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BD69

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BD69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BD69	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAD63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA36F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0DBAA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bd69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 189, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.163 150.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d295',
    500: '#42bd69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bd69;
$custom-light: #84d295;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bd69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 139.024,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71011,
    "c": 0.16267,
    "h": 150.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BD69

secondary

#C992B7

accent

#50ADD8

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FAF2

border

#CBD3CC

text

#0C140D

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BD69

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

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