#42C479#42C479

#42C479 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.157 H 154.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C479
RGB	rgb(66, 196, 121)
HSL	hsl(145, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(145, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 0%, 38.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.88, -52.28, 27.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.88, 59.10, 152.20°)
OKLab	oklab(73.11% -0.1413 0.0688)
OKLCH	oklch(73.11% 0.157 154)
XYZ	xyz(25.4357, 42.0159, 24.8548)
Luminance	0.4202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C479 #C4428D

analogous

#4CC442 #42C479 #42C4BA

triadic

#42C479 #7942C4 #C47942

tetradic

#42C479 #424CC4 #C4428D #C4BA42

square

#42C479 #424CC4 #C4428D #C4BA42

split-complementary

#42C479 #BA42C4 #C4424C

monochromatic

#216A40 #30995C #42C479 #71D39A #9FE1BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#42C479 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#42C479 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C479

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C479	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C479	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B574

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A97E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c479;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 196, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.157 154.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d7a0',
    500: '#42c479',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c479;
$custom-light: #85d7a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c479",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 145.385,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73106,
    "c": 0.15721,
    "h": 154
  },
  "luminance": 0.42019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C479

secondary

#CE94B5

accent

#4C9FDC

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FAF2

border

#CBD3CC

text

#0C140F

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C479

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

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