#42C74C#42C74C

#42C74C is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.200 H 144.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42C74C
RGBrgb(66, 199, 76)
HSLhsl(125, 54%, 52%)
HSVhsv(125, 67%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(66.8%, 0%, 61.8%, 22%)
CIE-LABlab(71.23, -60.08, 49.98)
CIE-LCHlch(71.23, 78.16, 140.24°)
OKLaboklab(73.2% -0.1627 0.1169)
OKLCHoklch(73.2% 0.2 144.3)
XYZxyz(23.9732, 42.5244, 13.7807)
Luminance0.4253 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42C74C #C742BD
analogous
#7BC742 #42C74C #42C78E
triadic
#42C74C #4C42C7 #C74C42
tetradic
#42C74C #427BC7 #C742BD #C78E42
square
#42C74C #427BC7 #C742BD #C78E42
split-complementary
#42C74C #8E42C7 #C7427B
monochromatic
#216E26 #2F9D37 #42C74C #71D579 #A0E3A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21
#42C74C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51
#42C74C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C74C
9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42C74C#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42C74C1.002.219.519.51
#FFFFFF2.211.0021.0021.00
#0000009.5121.001.001.00
##0000009.5121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CBB53E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BBAA56
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#1CC2AD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42c74c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 199, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.200 144.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d982',
    500: '#42c74c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42c74c;
$custom-light: #87d982;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42c74c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 124.511,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73202,
    "c": 0.20036,
    "h": 144.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42C74C
secondary
#D095CB
accent
#4AD3DE
background
#F9FDF8
surface
#F1FBEF
border
#CBD4CA
text
#0D150B
muted
#7E837C

Preview Lab

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#42C74C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva