#42C573#42C573

#42C573 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.164 H 152.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C573
RGB	rgb(66, 197, 115)
HSL	hsl(142, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(142, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 0%, 41.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.09, -53.75, 30.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.09, 62.03, 150.06°)
OKLab	oklab(73.25% -0.1451 0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(73.25% 0.164 152.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.3054, 42.3259, 23.0524)
Luminance	0.4233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C573 #C54294

analogous

#53C542 #42C573 #42C5B5

triadic

#42C573 #7342C5 #C57342

tetradic

#42C573 #4253C5 #C54294 #C5B542

square

#42C573 #4253C5 #C54294 #C5B542

split-complementary

#42C573 #B542C5 #C54253

monochromatic

#216C3D #2F9A57 #42C573 #71D396 #A0E2B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#42C573 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#42C573 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C573

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C573	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C573	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B56D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A978

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c573;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 197, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.164 152.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d89c',
    500: '#42c573',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c573;
$custom-light: #85d89c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c573",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 142.443,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73249,
    "c": 0.16408,
    "h": 152.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C573

secondary

#CE95B9

accent

#4BA6DC

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FAF2

border

#CBD3CC

text

#0C140E

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C573

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

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