#42C472#42C472

#42C472 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.164 H 152.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C472
RGB	rgb(66, 196, 114)
HSL	hsl(142, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(142, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 0%, 41.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.77, -53.55, 31.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.77, 61.90, 149.89°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% -0.1445 0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.164 152)
XYZ	xyz(25.0219, 41.8503, 22.6756)
Luminance	0.4185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C472 #C44294

analogous

#53C442 #42C472 #42C4B3

triadic

#42C472 #7242C4 #C47242

tetradic

#42C472 #4253C4 #C44294 #C4B342

square

#42C472 #4253C4 #C44294 #C4B342

split-complementary

#42C472 #B342C4 #C44253

monochromatic

#216A3C #309957 #42C472 #71D395 #9FE1B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#42C472 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#42C472 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C472

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C472	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C472	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)

#C4B46C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A977

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c472;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 196, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.164 152.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d79b',
    500: '#42c472',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c472;
$custom-light: #85d79b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c472",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 142.154,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72974,
    "c": 0.16368,
    "h": 152
  },
  "luminance": 0.41853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C472

secondary

#CE94B8

accent

#4CA7DC

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FAF2

border

#CBD3CC

text

#0C140E

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C472

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

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