#42AC72#42AC72

#42AC72 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.131 H 156.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42AC72
RGB	rgb(66, 172, 114)
HSL	hsl(147, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(147, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 0%, 33.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.24, -43.99, 21.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.24, 48.76, 154.43°)
OKLab	oklab(66.79% -0.1195 0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(66.79% 0.131 156.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.0348, 31.8762, 21.0132)
Luminance	0.3188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42AC72 #AC427C

analogous

#47AC42 #42AC72 #42ACA7

triadic

#42AC72 #7242AC #AC7242

tetradic

#42AC72 #4247AC #AC427C #ACA742

square

#42AC72 #4247AC #AC427C #ACA742

split-complementary

#42AC72 #A742AC #AC4247

monochromatic

#205437 #318055 #42AC72 #67C591 #93D6B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#42AC72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#42AC72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AC72

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42AC72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42AC72	1.00	2.85	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9F6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9576

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#13AA9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ac72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 172, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.131 156.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c59b',
    500: '#42ac72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ac72;
$custom-light: #81c59b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ac72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 147.17,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66788,
    "c": 0.13078,
    "h": 156.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42AC72

secondary

#C189A8

accent

#549AD4

background

#F8FCF9

surface

#EFF8F2

border

#CAD1CC

text

#0B130E

muted

#7C827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42AC72

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

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