#42BA74#42BA74

#42BA74 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.148 H 154.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BA74
RGB	rgb(66, 186, 116)
HSL	hsl(145, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(145, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 0%, 37.6%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.68, -49.29, 25.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.68, 55.70, 152.25°)
OKLab	oklab(70.44% -0.1334 0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(70.44% 0.148 154.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.9561, 37.5346, 22.5547)
Luminance	0.3754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BA74 #BA4288

analogous

#4CBA42 #42BA74 #42BAB0

triadic

#42BA74 #7442BA #BA7442

tetradic

#42BA74 #424CBA #BA4288 #BAB042

square

#42BA74 #424CBA #BA4288 #BAB042

split-complementary

#42BA74 #B042BA #BA424C

monochromatic

#22603C #328D58 #42BA74 #6ECB95 #9BDBB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#42BA74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#42BA74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BA74

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BA74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BA74	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAAB6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA079

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ba74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 186, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.148 154.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d09c',
    500: '#42ba74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ba74;
$custom-light: #83d09c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ba74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 145,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70441,
    "c": 0.14832,
    "h": 154.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BA74

secondary

#C890B1

accent

#519FD7

background

#F8FCF9

surface

#F0F9F2

border

#CBD2CC

text

#0C140E

muted

#7D827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BA74

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

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