#42BD74#42BD74

#42BD74 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.152 H 153.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BD74
RGB	rgb(66, 189, 116)
HSL	hsl(144, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(144, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 0%, 38.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.61, -50.48, 27.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.61, 57.33, 151.70°)
OKLab	oklab(71.21% -0.1365 0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(71.21% 0.152 153.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.5947, 38.8119, 22.7676)
Luminance	0.3881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BD74 #BD428B

analogous

#4EBD42 #42BD74 #42BDB1

triadic

#42BD74 #7442BD #BD7442

tetradic

#42BD74 #424EBD #BD428B #BDB142

square

#42BD74 #424EBD #BD428B #BDB142

split-complementary

#42BD74 #B142BD #BD424E

monochromatic

#22623C #329058 #42BD74 #6FCD95 #9DDDB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#42BD74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#42BD74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BD74

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BD74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BD74	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAE6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA379

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bd74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 189, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.152 153.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d29c',
    500: '#42bd74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bd74;
$custom-light: #84d29c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bd74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 144.39,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71213,
    "c": 0.15241,
    "h": 153.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BD74

secondary

#C992B3

accent

#50A1D8

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FAF2

border

#CBD3CC

text

#0C140E

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BD74

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

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