#42BF38#42BF38

#42BF38 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.205 H 142.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BF38
RGB	rgb(66, 191, 56)
HSL	hsl(116, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(116, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 0%, 70.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.54, -59.30, 55.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.54, 81.08, 137.00°)
OKLab	oklab(70.92% -0.1615 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(70.92% 0.205 142.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.5902, 38.7032, 10.0733)
Luminance	0.3871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BF38 #B538BF

analogous

#85BF38 #42BF38 #38BF72

triadic

#42BF38 #3842BF #BF3842

tetradic

#42BF38 #3885BF #B538BF #BF7238

square

#42BF38 #3885BF #B538BF #BF7238

split-complementary

#42BF38 #7238BF #BF3885

monochromatic

#21601C #32902A #42BF38 #6BD163 #98DF92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#42BF38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#42BF38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BF38

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BF38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BF38	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28B9A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bf38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 191, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.205 142.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d376',
    500: '#42bf38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bf38;
$custom-light: #86d376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bf38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 115.556,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70918,
    "c": 0.20486,
    "h": 142.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BF38

secondary

#C589CA

accent

#4ADED3

background

#F8FDF7

surface

#F0FAED

border

#CBD3C8

text

#0D1409

muted

#7D837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BF38

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

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