#42B970#42B970

#42B970 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.151 H 152.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B970
RGB	rgb(66, 185, 112)
HSL	hsl(143, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(143, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 0%, 39.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.29, -49.64, 27.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.29, 56.77, 150.98°)
OKLab	oklab(70.11% -0.1342 0.0686)
OKLCH	oklch(70.11% 0.151 152.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.5185, 37.0237, 21.2856)
Luminance	0.3703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B970 #B9428B

analogous

#50B942 #42B970 #42B9AC

triadic

#42B970 #7042B9 #B97042

tetradic

#42B970 #4250B9 #B9428B #B9AC42

square

#42B970 #4250B9 #B9428B #B9AC42

split-complementary

#42B970 #AC42B9 #B94250

monochromatic

#225F39 #328C55 #42B970 #6DCB91 #9ADBB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#42B970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#42B970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B970

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B970	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9AA6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA075

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#07B7A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 185, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.151 152.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cf9a',
    500: '#42b970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b970;
$custom-light: #83cf9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 143.193,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70106,
    "c": 0.1507,
    "h": 152.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B970

secondary

#C790B2

accent

#51A3D7

background

#F8FCF9

surface

#F0F9F2

border

#CBD2CC

text

#0C140E

muted

#7D827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B970

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

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