#42C471#42C471

#42C471 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.165 H 151.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C471
RGB	rgb(66, 196, 113)
HSL	hsl(142, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(142, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 0%, 42.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.75, -53.72, 31.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.75, 62.30, 149.58°)
OKLab	oklab(72.96% -0.1449 0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(72.96% 0.165 151.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.9653, 41.8277, 22.3774)
Luminance	0.4183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C471 #C44295

analogous

#54C442 #42C471 #42C4B2

triadic

#42C471 #7142C4 #C47142

tetradic

#42C471 #4254C4 #C44295 #C4B242

square

#42C471 #4254C4 #C44295 #C4B242

split-complementary

#42C471 #B242C4 #C44254

monochromatic

#216A3C #309956 #42C471 #71D394 #9FE1B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#42C471 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#42C471 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C471

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C471	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C471	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B46B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A977

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c471;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 196, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.165 151.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d79b',
    500: '#42c471',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c471;
$custom-light: #85d79b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c471",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 141.692,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72956,
    "c": 0.1646,
    "h": 151.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C471

secondary

#CE94B9

accent

#4CA8DC

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FAF2

border

#CBD3CC

text

#0C140E

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C471

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

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