#42BE42#42BE42

#42BE42 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.197 H 143.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BE42
RGB	rgb(66, 190, 66)
HSL	hsl(120, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(120, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 0%, 65.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.30, -58.03, 51.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.30, 77.27, 138.68°)
OKLab	oklab(70.75% -0.1576 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(70.75% 0.197 143.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.6423, 38.3763, 11.4200)
Luminance	0.3838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BE42 #BE42BE

analogous

#80BE42 #42BE42 #42BE80

triadic

#42BE42 #4242BE #BE4242

tetradic

#42BE42 #4280BE #BE42BE #BE8042

square

#42BE42 #4280BE #BE42BE #BE8042

split-complementary

#42BE42 #8042BE #BE4280

monochromatic

#226322 #329132 #42BE42 #70CE70 #9DDD9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#42BE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#42BE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BE42

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BE42	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A34D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26B9A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42be42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 190, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.197 143.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d37c',
    500: '#42be42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42be42;
$custom-light: #86d37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42be42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70745,
    "c": 0.19695,
    "h": 143.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BE42

secondary

#CA92CA

accent

#4FD8D8

background

#F8FDF7

surface

#F0FAEE

border

#CBD3C9

text

#0C140A

muted

#7D837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BE42

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

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