#42C474#42C474

#42C474 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.162 H 152.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C474
RGB	rgb(66, 196, 116)
HSL	hsl(143, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(143, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 0%, 40.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.80, -53.19, 30.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.80, 61.10, 150.53°)
OKLab	oklab(73.01% -0.1436 0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(73.01% 0.162 152.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.1370, 41.8964, 23.2817)
Luminance	0.4190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C474 #C44292

analogous

#51C442 #42C474 #42C4B5

triadic

#42C474 #7442C4 #C47442

tetradic

#42C474 #4251C4 #C44292 #C4B542

square

#42C474 #4251C4 #C44292 #C4B542

split-complementary

#42C474 #B542C4 #C44251

monochromatic

#216A3D #309958 #42C474 #71D396 #9FE1B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#42C474 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#42C474 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C474

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C474	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C474	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B46E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A979

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c474;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 196, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.162 152.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d79d',
    500: '#42c474',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c474;
$custom-light: #85d79d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c474",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 143.077,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73011,
    "c": 0.16183,
    "h": 152.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C474

secondary

#CE94B8

accent

#4CA5DC

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FAF2

border

#CBD3CC

text

#0C140E

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C474

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

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