#42BE38#42BE38

#42BE38 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.204 H 142.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BE38
RGB	rgb(66, 190, 56)
HSL	hsl(116, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(116, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 0%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.22, -58.96, 54.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.22, 80.61, 137.01°)
OKLab	oklab(70.66% -0.1606 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(70.66% 0.204 142)
XYZ	xyz(21.3729, 38.2685, 10.0008)
Luminance	0.3827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BE38 #B438BE

analogous

#85BE38 #42BE38 #38BE71

triadic

#42BE38 #3842BE #BE3842

tetradic

#42BE38 #3885BE #B438BE #BE7138

square

#42BE38 #3885BE #B438BE #BE7138

split-complementary

#42BE38 #7138BE #BE3885

monochromatic

#215F1C #328F2A #42BE38 #6BD162 #97DF92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#42BE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#42BE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BE38

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BE38	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29B8A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42be38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 190, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.204 142.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d376',
    500: '#42be38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42be38;
$custom-light: #86d376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42be38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 115.522,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70655,
    "c": 0.2037,
    "h": 142
  },
  "luminance": 0.38271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BE38

secondary

#C588CA

accent

#4ADED3

background

#F8FDF7

surface

#F0FAED

border

#CBD3C8

text

#0C1409

muted

#7D837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BE38

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

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