#42C475#42C475

#42C475 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.161 H 152.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C475
RGB	rgb(66, 196, 117)
HSL	hsl(144, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(144, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 0%, 40.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.82, -53.01, 29.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.82, 60.70, 150.85°)
OKLab	oklab(73.03% -0.1431 0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(73.03% 0.161 152.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.1955, 41.9198, 23.5897)
Luminance	0.4192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C475 #C44291

analogous

#50C442 #42C475 #42C4B6

triadic

#42C475 #7542C4 #C47542

tetradic

#42C475 #4250C4 #C44291 #C4B642

square

#42C475 #4250C4 #C44291 #C4B642

split-complementary

#42C475 #B642C4 #C44250

monochromatic

#216A3E #309959 #42C475 #71D397 #9FE1B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#42C475 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#42C475 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C475

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C475	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C475	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)

#C4B46F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A97A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c475;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 196, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.161 152.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d79d',
    500: '#42c475',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c475;
$custom-light: #85d79d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c475",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 143.538,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7303,
    "c": 0.1609,
    "h": 152.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C475

secondary

#CE94B7

accent

#4CA3DC

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FAF2

border

#CBD3CC

text

#0C140E

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C475

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

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