#42BD7E#42BD7E

#42BD7E is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.143 H 157.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BD7E
RGB	rgb(66, 189, 126)
HSL	hsl(149, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(149, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 0%, 33.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.79, -48.55, 22.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.79, 53.35, 155.51°)
OKLab	oklab(71.42% -0.1319 0.0558)
OKLCH	oklch(71.42% 0.143 157.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.2080, 39.0572, 25.9976)
Luminance	0.3906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BD7E #BD4281

analogous

#44BD42 #42BD7E #42BDBB

triadic

#42BD7E #7E42BD #BD7E42

tetradic

#42BD7E #4244BD #BD4281 #BDBB42

square

#42BD7E #4244BD #BD4281 #BDBB42

split-complementary

#42BD7E #BB42BD #BD4244

monochromatic

#226242 #329060 #42BD7E #6FCD9D #9DDDBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#42BD7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#42BD7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BD7E

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BD7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BD7E	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAF7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA382

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bd7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 189, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.143 157.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d2a3',
    500: '#42bd7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bd7e;
$custom-light: #84d2a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bd7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 149.268,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71418,
    "c": 0.14319,
    "h": 157.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BD7E

secondary

#C992AE

accent

#5096D8

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C140F

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BD7E

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

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