#42BE4E#42BE4E

#42BE4E is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.188 H 144.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42BE4E
RGBrgb(66, 190, 78)
HSLhsl(126, 49%, 50%)
HSVhsv(126, 65%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(65.3%, 0%, 58.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LABlab(68.41, -56.69, 45.85)
CIE-LCHlch(68.41, 72.91, 141.03°)
OKLaboklab(70.88% -0.1534 0.1082)
OKLCHoklch(70.88% 0.188 144.8)
XYZxyz(22.0340, 38.5330, 13.4827)
Luminance0.3854 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42BE4E #BE42B2
analogous
#74BE42 #42BE4E #42BE8C
triadic
#42BE4E #4E42BE #BE4E42
tetradic
#42BE4E #4274BE #BE42B2 #BE8C42
square
#42BE4E #4274BE #BE42B2 #BE8C42
split-complementary
#42BE4E #8C42BE #BE4274
monochromatic
#226329 #32913B #42BE4E #70CE79 #9DDDA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41
#42BE4E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71
#42BE4E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BE4E
8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42BE4E#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42BE4E1.002.418.718.71
#FFFFFF2.411.0021.0021.00
#0000008.7121.001.001.00
##0000008.7121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C1AD42
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B2A357
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#21B9A6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42be4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 190, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.188 144.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d383',
    500: '#42be4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42be4e;
$custom-light: #85d383;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42be4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 125.806,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70877,
    "c": 0.18775,
    "h": 144.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42BE4E
secondary
#CA92C4
accent
#4FCBD8
background
#F8FDF8
surface
#F0FAEF
border
#CBD3CA
text
#0C140B
muted
#7D837C

Preview Lab

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#42BE4E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva