#42B72C#42B72C

#42B72C is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.203 H 140.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B72C
RGB	rgb(66, 183, 44)
HSL	hsl(111, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(111, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 0%, 76%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.91, -57.48, 56.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.91, 80.92, 135.26°)
OKLab	oklab(68.72% -0.1573 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(68.72% 0.203 140.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.6339, 35.2051, 8.1430)
Luminance	0.3521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B72C #A12CB7

analogous

#87B72C #42B72C #2CB75C

triadic

#42B72C #2C42B7 #B72C42

tetradic

#42B72C #2C87B7 #A12CB7 #B75C2C

square

#42B72C #2C87B7 #A12CB7 #B75C2C

split-complementary

#42B72C #5C2CB7 #B72C87

monochromatic

#1E5414 #308620 #42B72C #62D44C #8DE07E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#42B72C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#42B72C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B72C

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B72C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B72C	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA60B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2EB19D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b72c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 183, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.203 140.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85ce6f',
    500: '#42b72c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b72c;
$custom-light: #85ce6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b72c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 110.504,
    "s": 61.233,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68717,
    "c": 0.20269,
    "h": 140.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B72C

secondary

#BB76C8

accent

#43E4CB

background

#F8FCF7

surface

#F0F9ED

border

#CBD2C8

text

#0C1408

muted

#7D827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B72C

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

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