#42C371#42C371

#42C371 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.163 H 151.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C371
RGB	rgb(66, 195, 113)
HSL	hsl(142, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(142, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 0%, 42.1%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.44, -53.34, 31.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.44, 61.76, 149.72°)
OKLab	oklab(72.7% -0.1439 0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(72.7% 0.163 151.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.7405, 41.3781, 22.3025)
Luminance	0.4138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C371 #C34294

analogous

#53C342 #42C371 #42C3B1

triadic

#42C371 #7142C3 #C37142

tetradic

#42C371 #4253C3 #C34294 #C3B142

square

#42C371 #4253C3 #C34294 #C3B142

split-complementary

#42C371 #B142C3 #C34253

monochromatic

#21693C #309856 #42C371 #70D294 #9FE0B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#42C371 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#42C371 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C371

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C371	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C371	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B36B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A876

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c371;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 195, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.163 151.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d69b',
    500: '#42c371',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c371;
$custom-light: #85d69b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c371",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 141.86,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72699,
    "c": 0.16327,
    "h": 151.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C371

secondary

#CD94B8

accent

#4DA7DB

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FAF2

border

#CBD3CC

text

#0C140E

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C371

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

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