#42BC74#42BC74

#42BC74 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.151 H 153.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BC74
RGB	rgb(66, 188, 116)
HSL	hsl(145, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(145, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 38.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.30, -50.09, 26.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.30, 56.79, 151.88°)
OKLab	oklab(70.96% -0.1355 0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(70.96% 0.151 153.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.3804, 38.3832, 22.6962)
Luminance	0.3839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BC74 #BC428A

analogous

#4DBC42 #42BC74 #42BCB1

triadic

#42BC74 #7442BC #BC7442

tetradic

#42BC74 #424DBC #BC428A #BCB142

square

#42BC74 #424DBC #BC428A #BCB142

split-complementary

#42BC74 #B142BC #BC424D

monochromatic

#22613C #328F58 #42BC74 #6FCC95 #9CDCB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#42BC74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#42BC74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BC74

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BC74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BC74	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAD6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA279

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bc74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 188, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.151 153.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d19c',
    500: '#42bc74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bc74;
$custom-light: #84d19c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bc74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 144.59,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70956,
    "c": 0.15104,
    "h": 153.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BC74

secondary

#C991B2

accent

#50A0D8

background

#F8FCF9

surface

#F0F9F2

border

#CBD2CC

text

#0C140E

muted

#7D827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BC74

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

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