#42C072#42C072

#42C072 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.158 H 152.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C072
RGB	rgb(66, 192, 114)
HSL	hsl(143, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(143, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 0%, 40.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.52, -52.01, 29.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.52, 59.75, 150.51°)
OKLab	oklab(71.95% -0.1405 0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(71.95% 0.158 152.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.1317, 40.0699, 22.3788)
Luminance	0.4007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C072 #C04290

analogous

#51C042 #42C072 #42C0B1

triadic

#42C072 #7242C0 #C07242

tetradic

#42C072 #4251C0 #C04290 #C0B142

square

#42C072 #4251C0 #C04290 #C0B142

split-complementary

#42C072 #B142C0 #C04251

monochromatic

#22663C #319457 #42C072 #70CF94 #9EDFB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#42C072 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#42C072 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C072

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C072	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C072	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B16D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A577

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c072;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 192, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.158 152.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d49b',
    500: '#42c072',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c072;
$custom-light: #84d49b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c072",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 142.857,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71947,
    "c": 0.15832,
    "h": 152.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C072

secondary

#CB93B6

accent

#4EA4DA

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FAF2

border

#CBD3CC

text

#0C140E

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C072

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

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