#42C370#42C370

#42C370 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.164 H 151.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C370
RGB	rgb(66, 195, 112)
HSL	hsl(141, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(141, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 0%, 42.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.42, -53.51, 31.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.42, 62.16, 149.41°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% -0.1444 0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.164 151.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.6845, 41.3557, 22.0076)
Luminance	0.4136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C370 #C34295

analogous

#54C342 #42C370 #42C3B0

triadic

#42C370 #7042C3 #C37042

tetradic

#42C370 #4254C3 #C34295 #C3B042

square

#42C370 #4254C3 #C34295 #C3B042

split-complementary

#42C370 #B042C3 #C34254

monochromatic

#21693B #309855 #42C370 #70D293 #9FE0B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#42C370 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#42C370 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C370

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C370	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C370	1.00	2.26	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B36A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A876

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c370;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 195, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.164 151.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d69a',
    500: '#42c370',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c370;
$custom-light: #85d69a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c370",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 141.395,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72682,
    "c": 0.16419,
    "h": 151.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C370

secondary

#CD94B9

accent

#4DA8DB

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FAF2

border

#CBD3CC

text

#0C140E

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C370

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

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