#42BC72#42BC72

#42BC72 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.153 H 153.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BC72
RGB	rgb(66, 188, 114)
HSL	hsl(144, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(144, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 39.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.27, -50.45, 27.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.27, 57.59, 151.17°)
OKLab	oklab(70.92% -0.1364 0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(70.92% 0.153 153.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.2653, 38.3372, 22.0900)
Luminance	0.3834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BC72 #BC428C

analogous

#4FBC42 #42BC72 #42BCAF

triadic

#42BC72 #7242BC #BC7242

tetradic

#42BC72 #424FBC #BC428C #BCAF42

square

#42BC72 #424FBC #BC428C #BCAF42

split-complementary

#42BC72 #AF42BC #BC424F

monochromatic

#22613B #328F57 #42BC72 #6FCC94 #9CDCB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#42BC72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#42BC72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BC72

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BC72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BC72	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAD6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA277

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bc72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 188, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.153 153.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d19b',
    500: '#42bc72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bc72;
$custom-light: #84d19b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bc72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 143.607,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70917,
    "c": 0.15292,
    "h": 153.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BC72

secondary

#C991B3

accent

#50A2D8

background

#F8FCF9

surface

#F0F9F2

border

#CBD2CC

text

#0C140E

muted

#7D827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BC72

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

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