#42C73B#42C73B

#42C73B is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.212 H 142.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C73B
RGB	rgb(66, 199, 59)
HSL	hsl(117, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(117, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 0%, 70.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.09, -61.75, 56.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.09, 83.91, 137.39°)
OKLab	oklab(73.04% -0.168 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(73.04% 0.212 142.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.4583, 42.3184, 11.0688)
Luminance	0.4232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C73B #C03BC7

analogous

#88C73B #42C73B #3BC77A

triadic

#42C73B #3B42C7 #C73B42

tetradic

#42C73B #3B88C7 #C03BC7 #C77A3B

square

#42C73B #3B88C7 #C03BC7 #C77A3B

split-complementary

#42C73B #7A3BC7 #C73B88

monochromatic

#22691E #31992C #42C73B #70D56B #9EE29A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#42C73B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#42C73B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C73B

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C73B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C73B	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB525

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23C1AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c73b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 199, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.212 142.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d979',
    500: '#42c73b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c73b;
$custom-light: #88d979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c73b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 117,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7304,
    "c": 0.21215,
    "h": 142.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C73B

secondary

#CB90CE

accent

#49DFD7

background

#F9FDF7

surface

#F1FBEE

border

#CBD4C9

text

#0D1509

muted

#7E837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C73B

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

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