#42BA75#42BA75

#42BA75 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.147 H 154.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BA75
RGB	rgb(66, 186, 117)
HSL	hsl(146, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(146, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 0%, 37.1%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.69, -49.10, 25.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.69, 55.30, 152.63°)
OKLab	oklab(70.46% -0.1329 0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(70.46% 0.147 154.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.0146, 37.5580, 22.8627)
Luminance	0.3756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BA75 #BA4287

analogous

#4BBA42 #42BA75 #42BAB1

triadic

#42BA75 #7542BA #BA7542

tetradic

#42BA75 #424BBA #BA4287 #BAB142

square

#42BA75 #424BBA #BA4287 #BAB142

split-complementary

#42BA75 #B142BA #BA424B

monochromatic

#22603C #328D59 #42BA75 #6ECB96 #9BDBB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#42BA75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#42BA75 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BA75

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BA75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BA75	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)

#BAAC70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA079

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ba75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 186, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.147 154.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83d09d',
    500: '#42ba75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ba75;
$custom-light: #83d09d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ba75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 145.5,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70461,
    "c": 0.14739,
    "h": 154.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BA75

secondary

#C890B0

accent

#519ED7

background

#F8FCF9

surface

#F0F9F2

border

#CBD2CC

text

#0C140E

muted

#7D827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BA75

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

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