#42C176#42C176

#42C176 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.156 H 153.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C176
RGB	rgb(66, 193, 118)
HSL	hsl(145, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(145, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 0%, 38.9%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.90, -51.67, 27.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.90, 58.69, 151.69°)
OKLab	oklab(72.28% -0.1397 0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(72.28% 0.156 153.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.5846, 40.6036, 23.6777)
Luminance	0.4061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C176 #C1428D

analogous

#4DC142 #42C176 #42C1B6

triadic

#42C176 #7642C1 #C17642

tetradic

#42C176 #424DC1 #C1428D #C1B642

square

#42C176 #424DC1 #C1428D #C1B642

split-complementary

#42C176 #B642C1 #C1424D

monochromatic

#22673E #31955A #42C176 #70D097 #9EDFB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#42C176 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#42C176 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C176

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C176	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C176	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)

#C1B271

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A67B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c176;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 193, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.156 153.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d59e',
    500: '#42c176',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c176;
$custom-light: #85d59e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c176",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 144.567,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72279,
    "c": 0.15596,
    "h": 153.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C176

secondary

#CC93B5

accent

#4EA1DA

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FAF2

border

#CBD3CC

text

#0C140E

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C176

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

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