#42A970#42A970

#42A970 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.128 H 155.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A970
RGB	rgb(66, 169, 112)
HSL	hsl(147, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(147, 61%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 0%, 33.7%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.26, -43.13, 20.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.26, 47.88, 154.26°)
OKLab	oklab(65.97% -0.1172 0.0524)
OKLCH	oklch(65.97% 0.128 155.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.3577, 30.7021, 20.2321)
Luminance	0.3070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A970 #A9427B

analogous

#47A942 #42A970 #42A9A3

triadic

#42A970 #7042A9 #A97042

tetradic

#42A970 #4247A9 #A9427B #A9A342

square

#42A970 #4247A9 #A9427B #A9A342

split-complementary

#42A970 #A342A9 #A94247

monochromatic

#205136 #317D53 #42A970 #65C38F #91D4AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#42A970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#42A970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42A970

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A970	1.00	2.94	7.14	7.14
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89C6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9374

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#18A79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 169, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.128 155.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c399',
    500: '#42a970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a970;
$custom-light: #80c399;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 146.796,
    "s": 43.83,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65967,
    "c": 0.12842,
    "h": 155.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A970

secondary

#C087A6

accent

#549BD4

background

#F8FCF9

surface

#EFF8F2

border

#CAD1CC

text

#0B130E

muted

#7C827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A970

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

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