#42C470#42C470

#42C470 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.166 H 151.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C470
RGB	rgb(66, 196, 112)
HSL	hsl(141, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(141, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 0%, 42.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.74, -53.89, 32.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.74, 62.70, 149.27°)
OKLab	oklab(72.94% -0.1454 0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(72.94% 0.166 151.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.9093, 41.8053, 22.0826)
Luminance	0.4181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C470 #C44296

analogous

#55C442 #42C470 #42C4B1

triadic

#42C470 #7042C4 #C47042

tetradic

#42C470 #4255C4 #C44296 #C4B142

square

#42C470 #4255C4 #C44296 #C4B142

split-complementary

#42C470 #B142C4 #C44255

monochromatic

#216A3B #309955 #42C470 #71D393 #9FE1B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#42C470 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#42C470 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C470

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C470	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C470	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B46A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A976

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c470;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 196, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.166 151.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d79a',
    500: '#42c470',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c470;
$custom-light: #85d79a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c470",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 141.231,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72939,
    "c": 0.16553,
    "h": 151.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C470

secondary

#CE94B9

accent

#4CA9DC

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FAF2

border

#CBD3CC

text

#0C140E

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C470

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

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