#42BF49#42BF49

#42BF49 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.193 H 144.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BF49
RGB	rgb(66, 191, 73)
HSL	hsl(123, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(123, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 0%, 61.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.68, -57.63, 48.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.68, 75.27, 139.97°)
OKLab	oklab(71.08% -0.1562 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(71.08% 0.193 144)
XYZ	xyz(22.0788, 38.8986, 12.6467)
Luminance	0.3890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BF49 #BF42B8

analogous

#79BF42 #42BF49 #42BF87

triadic

#42BF49 #4942BF #BF4942

tetradic

#42BF49 #4279BF #BF42B8 #BF8742

square

#42BF49 #4279BF #BF42B8 #BF8742

split-complementary

#42BF49 #8742BF #BF4279

monochromatic

#226526 #329237 #42BF49 #70CE75 #9DDEA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#42BF49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#42BF49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BF49

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BF49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BF49	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AE3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A453

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23BAA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bf49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 191, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.193 144.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d380',
    500: '#42bf49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bf49;
$custom-light: #85d380;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bf49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 123.36,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71081,
    "c": 0.19295,
    "h": 144
  },
  "luminance": 0.38901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BF49

secondary

#CA93C7

accent

#4FD1D9

background

#F8FDF8

surface

#F0FAEF

border

#CBD3CA

text

#0C140A

muted

#7D837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BF49

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

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