#42BE40#42BE40

#42BE40 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.198 H 142.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BE40
RGB	rgb(66, 190, 64)
HSL	hsl(119, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(119, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 0%, 66.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.28, -58.23, 51.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.28, 77.96, 138.32°)
OKLab	oklab(70.73% -0.1582 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(70.73% 0.198 142.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.5844, 38.3531, 11.1149)
Luminance	0.3836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BE40 #BC40BE

analogous

#81BE40 #42BE40 #40BE7D

triadic

#42BE40 #4042BE #BE4042

tetradic

#42BE40 #4081BE #BC40BE #BE7D40

square

#42BE40 #4081BE #BC40BE #BE7D40

split-complementary

#42BE40 #7D40BE #BE4081

monochromatic

#226221 #329031 #42BE40 #6FCE6D #9CDD9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#42BE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#42BE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BE40

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BE40	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A34B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26B9A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42be40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 190, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.198 142.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d37b',
    500: '#42be40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42be40;
$custom-light: #86d37b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42be40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 119.048,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70726,
    "c": 0.19837,
    "h": 142.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BE40

secondary

#C990C9

accent

#4FD9D7

background

#F8FDF7

surface

#F0FAEE

border

#CBD3C9

text

#0C140A

muted

#7D837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BE40

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

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