#42BD7F#42BD7F

#42BD7F is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.142 H 157.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BD7F
RGB	rgb(66, 189, 127)
HSL	hsl(150, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(150, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 0%, 32.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.81, -48.34, 21.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.81, 52.95, 155.92°)
OKLab	oklab(71.44% -0.1314 0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(71.44% 0.142 157.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.2729, 39.0832, 26.3392)
Luminance	0.3909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BD7F #BD4280

analogous

#43BD42 #42BD7F #42BDBC

triadic

#42BD7F #7F42BD #BD7F42

tetradic

#42BD7F #4243BD #BD4280 #BDBC42

square

#42BD7F #4243BD #BD4280 #BDBC42

split-complementary

#42BD7F #BC42BD #BD4243

monochromatic

#226242 #329061 #42BD7F #6FCD9E #9DDDBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#42BD7F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#42BD7F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BD7F

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BD7F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BD7F	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAF7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA383

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bd7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 189, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.142 157.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d2a4',
    500: '#42bd7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bd7f;
$custom-light: #84d2a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bd7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 149.756,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71439,
    "c": 0.14229,
    "h": 157.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BD7F

secondary

#C992AE

accent

#5094D8

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C140F

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BD7F

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

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