#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
RGBrgb(66, 189, 124)
HSLhsl(148, 48%, 50%)
HSVhsv(148, 65%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(65.1%, 0%, 34.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LABlab(68.76, -48.94, 23.13)
CIE-LCHlch(68.76, 54.14, 154.70°)
OKLaboklab(71.38% -0.1328 0.0583)
OKLCHoklch(71.38% 0.145 156.3)
XYZxyz(24.0803, 39.0061, 25.3248)
Luminance0.3901 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##42BD7C1.002.398.808.80
#FFFFFF2.391.0021.0021.00
#0000008.8021.001.001.00
##0000008.8021.001.001.00

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

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#42BD7C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva