#42C272#42C272

#42C272 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.161 H 152.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C272
RGB	rgb(66, 194, 114)
HSL	hsl(143, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(143, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 41.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.14, -52.78, 30.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.14, 60.83, 150.19°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% -0.1425 0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.161 152.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.5738, 40.9541, 22.5262)
Luminance	0.4096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C272 #C24292

analogous

#52C242 #42C272 #42C2B2

triadic

#42C272 #7242C2 #C27242

tetradic

#42C272 #4252C2 #C24292 #C2B242

square

#42C272 #4252C2 #C24292 #C2B242

split-complementary

#42C272 #B242C2 #C24252

monochromatic

#22683C #319657 #42C272 #70D195 #9FE0B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#42C272 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#42C272 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C272

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C272	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C272	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B26C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A777

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c272;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 194, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.161 152.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d59b',
    500: '#42c272',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c272;
$custom-light: #85d59b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c272",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 142.5,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72461,
    "c": 0.161,
    "h": 152.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C272

secondary

#CC94B7

accent

#4DA6DB

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FAF2

border

#CBD3CC

text

#0C140E

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C272

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

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