#42C078#42C078

#42C078 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.153 H 154.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C078
RGB	rgb(66, 192, 120)
HSL	hsl(146, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(146, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 0%, 37.5%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.62, -50.91, 26.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.62, 57.35, 152.58°)
OKLab	oklab(72.06% -0.1377 0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(72.06% 0.153 154.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.4844, 40.2110, 24.2368)
Luminance	0.4021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C078 #C0428A

analogous

#4BC042 #42C078 #42C0B7

triadic

#42C078 #7842C0 #C07842

tetradic

#42C078 #424BC0 #C0428A #C0B742

square

#42C078 #424BC0 #C0428A #C0B742

split-complementary

#42C078 #B742C0 #C0424B

monochromatic

#22663F #31945B #42C078 #70CF99 #9EDFBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#42C078 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#42C078 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C078

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C078	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C078	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B173

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA57D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c078;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 192, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.153 154.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d49f',
    500: '#42c078',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c078;
$custom-light: #84d49f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c078",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 145.714,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72062,
    "c": 0.15275,
    "h": 154.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C078

secondary

#CB93B3

accent

#4E9EDA

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FAF2

border

#CBD3CC

text

#0C140E

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C078

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

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