#42BF4E#42BF4E

#42BF4E is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.189 H 144.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42BF4E
RGBrgb(66, 191, 78)
HSLhsl(126, 49%, 50%)
HSVhsv(126, 65%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(65.4%, 0%, 59.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LABlab(68.73, -57.05, 46.22)
CIE-LCHlch(68.73, 73.42, 140.99°)
OKLaboklab(71.14% -0.1544 0.109)
OKLCHoklch(71.14% 0.189 144.8)
XYZxyz(22.2513, 38.9676, 13.5551)
Luminance0.3897 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42BF4E #BF42B3
analogous
#74BF42 #42BF4E #42BF8C
triadic
#42BF4E #4E42BF #BF4E42
tetradic
#42BF4E #4274BF #BF42B3 #BF8C42
square
#42BF4E #4274BF #BF42B3 #BF8C42
split-complementary
#42BF4E #8C42BF #BF4274
monochromatic
#226528 #32923B #42BF4E #70CE79 #9DDEA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39
#42BF4E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79
#42BF4E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BF4E
8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42BF4E#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42BF4E1.002.398.798.79
#FFFFFF2.391.0021.0021.00
#0000008.7921.001.001.00
##0000008.7921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C2AE42
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B3A457
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#20BAA6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42bf4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 191, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.189 144.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d383',
    500: '#42bf4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42bf4e;
$custom-light: #85d383;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42bf4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 125.76,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71138,
    "c": 0.18901,
    "h": 144.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42BF4E
secondary
#CA93C5
accent
#4FCCD9
background
#F8FDF8
surface
#F0FAEF
border
#CBD3CA
text
#0C140B
muted
#7D837C

Preview Lab

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#42BF4E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva