#42BF5C#42BF5C

#42BF5C is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.177 H 147.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42BF5C
RGBrgb(66, 191, 92)
HSLhsl(132, 49%, 50%)
HSVhsv(132, 65%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(65.4%, 0%, 51.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LABlab(68.89, -55.19, 39.76)
CIE-LCHlch(68.89, 68.02, 144.23°)
OKLaboklab(71.32% -0.1489 0.0959)
OKLCHoklch(71.32% 0.177 147.2)
XYZxyz(22.8077, 39.1902, 16.4856)
Luminance0.3919 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42BF5C #BF42A5
analogous
#66BF42 #42BF5C #42BF9A
triadic
#42BF5C #5C42BF #BF5C42
tetradic
#42BF5C #4266BF #BF42A5 #BF9A42
square
#42BF5C #4266BF #BF42A5 #BF9A42
split-complementary
#42BF5C #9A42BF #BF4266
monochromatic
#226530 #329246 #42BF5C #70CE83 #9DDEAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38
#42BF5C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84
#42BF5C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BF5C
8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42BF5C#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42BF5C1.002.388.848.84
#FFFFFF2.381.0021.0021.00
#0000008.8421.001.001.00
##0000008.8421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C1AF53
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B2A463
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#18BBA8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42bf5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 191, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.177 147.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d38c',
    500: '#42bf5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42bf5c;
$custom-light: #85d38c;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42bf5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 132.48,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71324,
    "c": 0.17713,
    "h": 147.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42BF5C
secondary
#CA93BF
accent
#4FBCD9
background
#F8FDF8
surface
#F0FAF0
border
#CBD3CB
text
#0C140C
muted
#7D837D

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#42BF5C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva