#42BD7C#42BD7C

#42BD7C is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.145 H 156.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BD7C
RGB	rgb(66, 189, 124)
HSL	hsl(148, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(148, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 0%, 34.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.76, -48.94, 23.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.76, 54.14, 154.70°)
OKLab	oklab(71.38% -0.1328 0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(71.38% 0.145 156.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.0803, 39.0061, 25.3248)
Luminance	0.3901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BD7C #BD4283

analogous

#45BD42 #42BD7C #42BDBA

triadic

#42BD7C #7C42BD #BD7C42

tetradic

#42BD7C #4245BD #BD4283 #BDBA42

square

#42BD7C #4245BD #BD4283 #BDBA42

split-complementary

#42BD7C #BA42BD #BD4245

monochromatic

#226240 #32905E #42BD7C #6FCD9B #9DDDBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#42BD7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#42BD7C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BD7C

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BD7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BD7C	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAF78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA380

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bd7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 189, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.145 156.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d2a2',
    500: '#42bd7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bd7c;
$custom-light: #84d2a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bd7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 148.293,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71375,
    "c": 0.14501,
    "h": 156.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BD7C

secondary

#C992AF

accent

#5098D8

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF3

border

#CBD3CD

text

#0C140F

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BD7C

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

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