#42C47A#42C47A

#42C47A is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.156 H 154.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C47A
RGB	rgb(66, 196, 122)
HSL	hsl(146, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(146, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 0%, 37.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.90, -52.09, 27.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.90, 58.71, 152.55°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% -0.1409 0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.156 154.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.4973, 42.0405, 25.1795)
Luminance	0.4204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C47A #C4428C

analogous

#4BC442 #42C47A #42C4BB

triadic

#42C47A #7A42C4 #C47A42

tetradic

#42C47A #424BC4 #C4428C #C4BB42

square

#42C47A #424BC4 #C4428C #C4BB42

split-complementary

#42C47A #BB42C4 #C4424B

monochromatic

#216A41 #30995D #42C47A #71D39B #9FE1BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#42C47A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#42C47A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C47A

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C47A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C47A	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B575

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A97F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c47a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 196, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.156 154.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d7a1',
    500: '#42c47a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c47a;
$custom-light: #85d7a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c47a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 145.846,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73125,
    "c": 0.15629,
    "h": 154.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C47A

secondary

#CE94B5

accent

#4C9EDC

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FAF2

border

#CBD3CC

text

#0C140F

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C47A

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

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