#42B74E#42B74E

#42B74E is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.179 H 145.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B74E
RGB	rgb(66, 183, 78)
HSL	hsl(126, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(126, 64%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 0%, 57.4%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.19, -54.16, 43.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.19, 69.31, 141.39°)
OKLab	oklab(69.04% -0.1466 0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(69.04% 0.179 145)
XYZ	xyz(20.5541, 35.5732, 12.9894)
Luminance	0.3558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B74E #B742AB

analogous

#71B742 #42B74E #42B789

triadic

#42B74E #4E42B7 #B74E42

tetradic

#42B74E #4271B7 #B742AB #B78942

square

#42B74E #4271B7 #B742AB #B78942

split-complementary

#42B74E #8942B7 #B74271

monochromatic

#225D28 #328A3B #42B74E #6CCA76 #99DAA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#42B74E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#42B74E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B74E

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B74E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B74E	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA744

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9D56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25B2A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b74e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 183, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.179 145.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84ce83',
    500: '#42b74e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b74e;
$custom-light: #84ce83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b74e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 126.154,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69044,
    "c": 0.17893,
    "h": 145
  },
  "luminance": 0.35575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B74E

secondary

#C68FC1

accent

#51C9D7

background

#F8FCF8

surface

#F0F9EF

border

#CBD2CA

text

#0C140B

muted

#7D827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B74E

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

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