#42C174#42C174

#42C174 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.158 H 153.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C174
RGB	rgb(66, 193, 116)
HSL	hsl(144, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(144, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 0%, 39.9%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.86, -52.04, 28.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.86, 59.49, 151.01°)
OKLab	oklab(72.24% -0.1406 0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(72.24% 0.158 153)
XYZ	xyz(24.4671, 40.5565, 23.0584)
Luminance	0.4056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C174 #C1428F

analogous

#4FC142 #42C174 #42C1B3

triadic

#42C174 #7442C1 #C17442

tetradic

#42C174 #424FC1 #C1428F #C1B342

square

#42C174 #424FC1 #C1428F #C1B342

split-complementary

#42C174 #B342C1 #C1424F

monochromatic

#22673D #319558 #42C174 #70D096 #9EDFB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#42C174 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#42C174 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C174

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C174	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C174	1.00	2.30	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B26F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A679

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c174;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 193, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.158 153.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d59d',
    500: '#42c174',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c174;
$custom-light: #85d59d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c174",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 143.622,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72241,
    "c": 0.1578,
    "h": 153
  },
  "luminance": 0.40559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C174

secondary

#CC93B5

accent

#4EA3DA

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FAF2

border

#CBD3CC

text

#0C140E

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C174

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

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