#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
RGBrgb(66, 199, 59)
HSLhsl(117, 56%, 51%)
HSVhsv(117, 70%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(66.8%, 0%, 70.4%, 22%)
CIE-LABlab(71.09, -61.75, 56.81)
CIE-LCHlch(71.09, 83.91, 137.39°)
OKLaboklab(73.04% -0.168 0.1295)
OKLCHoklch(73.04% 0.212 142.4)
XYZxyz(23.4583, 42.3184, 11.0688)
Luminance0.4232 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

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
##42C73B1.002.229.469.46
#FFFFFF2.221.0021.0021.00
#0000009.4621.001.001.00
##0000009.4621.001.001.00

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

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#42C73B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva