#42C270#42C270

#42C270 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.163 H 151.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C270
RGB	rgb(66, 194, 112)
HSL	hsl(142, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(142, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 42.3%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.11, -53.13, 31.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.11, 61.63, 149.55°)
OKLab	oklab(72.42% -0.1434 0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(72.42% 0.163 151.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.4612, 40.9091, 21.9332)
Luminance	0.4091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C270 #C24294

analogous

#54C242 #42C270 #42C2B0

triadic

#42C270 #7042C2 #C27042

tetradic

#42C270 #4254C2 #C24294 #C2B042

square

#42C270 #4254C2 #C24294 #C2B042

split-complementary

#42C270 #B042C2 #C24254

monochromatic

#22683B #319655 #42C270 #70D193 #9FE0B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#42C270 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#42C270 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C270

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C270	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C270	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B26A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A775

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c270;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 194, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.163 151.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d59a',
    500: '#42c270',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c270;
$custom-light: #85d59a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c270",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 141.563,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72424,
    "c": 0.16286,
    "h": 151.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C270

secondary

#CC94B8

accent

#4DA8DB

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FAF2

border

#CBD3CC

text

#0C140E

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C270

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

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