#42C172#42C172

#42C172 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.160 H 152.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C172
RGB	rgb(66, 193, 114)
HSL	hsl(143, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(143, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 0%, 40.9%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.83, -52.40, 29.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.83, 60.29, 150.35°)
OKLab	oklab(72.2% -0.1415 0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(72.2% 0.16 152.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.3520, 40.5105, 22.4523)
Luminance	0.4051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C172 #C14291

analogous

#51C142 #42C172 #42C1B1

triadic

#42C172 #7242C1 #C17242

tetradic

#42C172 #4251C1 #C14291 #C1B142

square

#42C172 #4251C1 #C14291 #C1B142

split-complementary

#42C172 #B142C1 #C14251

monochromatic

#22673C #319557 #42C172 #70D094 #9EDFB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#42C172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#42C172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C172

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C172	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B16C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A677

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 193, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.160 152.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d59b',
    500: '#42c172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c172;
$custom-light: #85d59b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 142.677,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72204,
    "c": 0.15966,
    "h": 152.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C172

secondary

#CC93B6

accent

#4EA5DA

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FAF2

border

#CBD3CC

text

#0C140E

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C172

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

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