#42C074#42C074

#42C074 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.156 H 153.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C074
RGB	rgb(66, 192, 116)
HSL	hsl(144, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(144, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 0%, 39.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.55, -51.65, 28.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.55, 58.95, 151.18°)
OKLab	oklab(71.98% -0.1396 0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(71.98% 0.156 153.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.2467, 40.1159, 22.9849)
Luminance	0.4012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C074 #C0428E

analogous

#4FC042 #42C074 #42C0B3

triadic

#42C074 #7442C0 #C07442

tetradic

#42C074 #424FC0 #C0428E #C0B342

square

#42C074 #424FC0 #C0428E #C0B342

split-complementary

#42C074 #B342C0 #C0424F

monochromatic

#22663D #319458 #42C074 #70CF96 #9EDFB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#42C074 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#42C074 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C074

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C074	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C074	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B16F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A579

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c074;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 192, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.156 153.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d49c',
    500: '#42c074',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c074;
$custom-light: #84d49c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c074",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 143.81,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71984,
    "c": 0.15646,
    "h": 153.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C074

secondary

#CB93B5

accent

#4EA2DA

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FAF2

border

#CBD3CC

text

#0C140E

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C074

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

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