#42C742#42C742

#42C742 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.208 H 143.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C742
RGB	rgb(66, 199, 66)
HSL	hsl(120, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(120, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 0%, 66.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.14, -61.12, 54.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.14, 81.64, 138.48°)
OKLab	oklab(73.1% -0.166 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(73.1% 0.208 143.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.6522, 42.3960, 12.0900)
Luminance	0.4240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C742 #C742C7

analogous

#85C742 #42C742 #42C785

triadic

#42C742 #4242C7 #C74242

tetradic

#42C742 #4285C7 #C742C7 #C78542

square

#42C742 #4285C7 #C742C7 #C78542

split-complementary

#42C742 #8542C7 #C74285

monochromatic

#216E21 #2F9D2F #42C742 #71D571 #A0E3A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#42C742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#42C742 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C742

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C742	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)

#CBB530

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21C1AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 199, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.208 143.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d97c',
    500: '#42c742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c742;
$custom-light: #87d97c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73101,
    "c": 0.20759,
    "h": 143.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C742

secondary

#D095D0

accent

#4ADEDE

background

#F9FDF7

surface

#F1FBEE

border

#CBD4C9

text

#0D150A

muted

#7E837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C742

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

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