#42C374#42C374

#42C374 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.161 H 152.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C374
RGB	rgb(66, 195, 116)
HSL	hsl(143, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(143, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 0%, 40.5%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.49, -52.81, 29.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.49, 60.56, 150.69°)
OKLab	oklab(72.75% -0.1426 0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(72.75% 0.161 152.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.9122, 41.4468, 23.2067)
Luminance	0.4145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C374 #C34291

analogous

#50C342 #42C374 #42C3B4

triadic

#42C374 #7442C3 #C37442

tetradic

#42C374 #4250C3 #C34291 #C3B442

square

#42C374 #4250C3 #C34291 #C3B442

split-complementary

#42C374 #B442C3 #C34250

monochromatic

#21693D #309858 #42C374 #70D296 #9FE0B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#42C374 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#42C374 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C374

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C374	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C374	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B36E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A879

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c374;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 195, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.161 152.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d69d',
    500: '#42c374',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c374;
$custom-light: #85d69d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c374",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 143.256,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72754,
    "c": 0.1605,
    "h": 152.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C374

secondary

#CD94B7

accent

#4DA4DB

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FAF2

border

#CBD3CC

text

#0C140E

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C374

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

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