#42C74A#42C74A

#42C74A is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.202 H 144.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C74A
RGB	rgb(66, 199, 74)
HSL	hsl(124, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(124, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 0%, 62.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.21, -60.30, 50.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.21, 78.87, 139.87°)
OKLab	oklab(73.18% -0.1634 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(73.18% 0.202 144)
XYZ	xyz(23.9047, 42.4970, 13.4202)
Luminance	0.4250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C74A #C742BF

analogous

#7DC742 #42C74A #42C78D

triadic

#42C74A #4A42C7 #C74A42

tetradic

#42C74A #427DC7 #C742BF #C78D42

square

#42C74A #427DC7 #C742BF #C78D42

split-complementary

#42C74A #8D42C7 #C7427D

monochromatic

#216E25 #2F9D35 #42C74A #71D577 #A0E3A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#42C74A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#42C74A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C74A

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C74A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C74A	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB53B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1DC2AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c74a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 199, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.202 144.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d981',
    500: '#42c74a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c74a;
$custom-light: #87d981;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c74a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 123.609,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73181,
    "c": 0.20187,
    "h": 144
  },
  "luminance": 0.425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C74A

secondary

#D095CC

accent

#4AD5DE

background

#F9FDF8

surface

#F1FBEF

border

#CBD4CA

text

#0D150B

muted

#7E837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C74A

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

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