#42C376#42C376

#42C376 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.159 H 153.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C376
RGB	rgb(66, 195, 118)
HSL	hsl(144, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(144, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 0%, 39.5%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.52, -52.45, 28.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.52, 59.76, 151.35°)
OKLab	oklab(72.79% -0.1417 0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(72.79% 0.159 153.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.0298, 41.4938, 23.8260)
Luminance	0.4150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C376 #C3428F

analogous

#4EC342 #42C376 #42C3B6

triadic

#42C376 #7642C3 #C37642

tetradic

#42C376 #424EC3 #C3428F #C3B642

square

#42C376 #424EC3 #C3428F #C3B642

split-complementary

#42C376 #B642C3 #C3424E

monochromatic

#21693E #30985A #42C376 #70D298 #9FE0B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#42C376 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#42C376 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C376

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C376	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C376	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B371

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A87B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c376;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 195, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.159 153.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d69e',
    500: '#42c376',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c376;
$custom-light: #85d69e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c376",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 144.186,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72792,
    "c": 0.15864,
    "h": 153.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C376

secondary

#CD94B6

accent

#4DA2DB

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FAF2

border

#CBD3CC

text

#0C140E

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C376

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

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