#42C575#42C575

#42C575 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.162 H 152.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C575
RGB	rgb(66, 197, 117)
HSL	hsl(143, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(143, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 0%, 40.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.13, -53.40, 29.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.13, 61.23, 150.70°)
OKLab	oklab(73.29% -0.1442 0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(73.29% 0.162 152.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.4218, 42.3724, 23.6651)
Luminance	0.4238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C575 #C54292

analogous

#51C542 #42C575 #42C5B7

triadic

#42C575 #7542C5 #C57542

tetradic

#42C575 #4251C5 #C54292 #C5B742

square

#42C575 #4251C5 #C54292 #C5B742

split-complementary

#42C575 #B742C5 #C54251

monochromatic

#216C3E #2F9A59 #42C575 #71D397 #A0E2B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#42C575 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#42C575 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C575

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C575	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C575	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B56F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A97A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c575;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 197, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.162 152.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d79d',
    500: '#42c575',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c575;
$custom-light: #85d79d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c575",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 143.359,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73286,
    "c": 0.16224,
    "h": 152.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C575

secondary

#CE95B8

accent

#4BA4DC

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FAF2

border

#CBD3CC

text

#0C140E

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C575

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

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