#42C170#42C170

#42C170 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.162 H 151.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C170
RGB	rgb(66, 193, 112)
HSL	hsl(142, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(142, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 0%, 42%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.80, -52.75, 30.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.80, 61.09, 149.70°)
OKLab	oklab(72.17% -0.1424 0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(72.17% 0.162 151.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.2394, 40.4655, 21.8593)
Luminance	0.4047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C170 #C14293

analogous

#53C142 #42C170 #42C1AF

triadic

#42C170 #7042C1 #C17042

tetradic

#42C170 #4253C1 #C14293 #C1AF42

square

#42C170 #4253C1 #C14293 #C1AF42

split-complementary

#42C170 #AF42C1 #C14253

monochromatic

#22673B #319555 #42C170 #70D093 #9EDFB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#42C170 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#42C170 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C170

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C170	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C170	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B16A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A675

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c170;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 193, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.162 151.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d59a',
    500: '#42c170',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c170;
$custom-light: #85d59a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c170",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 141.732,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72167,
    "c": 0.16152,
    "h": 151.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C170

secondary

#CC93B7

accent

#4EA7DA

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FAF2

border

#CBD3CC

text

#0C140E

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C170

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

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