#42C175#42C175

#42C175 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.157 H 153.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C175
RGB	rgb(66, 193, 117)
HSL	hsl(144, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(144, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 0%, 39.4%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.88, -51.86, 28.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.88, 59.09, 151.35°)
OKLab	oklab(72.26% -0.1401 0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(72.26% 0.157 153.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.5255, 40.5799, 23.3664)
Luminance	0.4058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C175 #C1428E

analogous

#4EC142 #42C175 #42C1B4

triadic

#42C175 #7542C1 #C17542

tetradic

#42C175 #424EC1 #C1428E #C1B442

square

#42C175 #424EC1 #C1428E #C1B442

split-complementary

#42C175 #B442C1 #C1424E

monochromatic

#22673D #319559 #42C175 #70D097 #9EDFB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#42C175 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#42C175 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C175

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C175	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C175	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B270

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A67A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c175;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 193, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.157 153.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d59d',
    500: '#42c175',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c175;
$custom-light: #85d59d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c175",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 144.094,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7226,
    "c": 0.15688,
    "h": 153.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C175

secondary

#CC93B5

accent

#4EA2DA

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FAF2

border

#CBD3CC

text

#0C140E

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C175

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →