#42C74E#42C74E

#42C74E is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.199 H 144.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C74E
RGB	rgb(66, 199, 78)
HSL	hsl(125, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(125, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 0%, 60.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.25, -59.86, 49.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.25, 77.43, 140.63°)
OKLab	oklab(73.22% -0.162 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(73.22% 0.199 144.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.0438, 42.5526, 14.1526)
Luminance	0.4255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C74E #C742BB

analogous

#78C742 #42C74E #42C791

triadic

#42C74E #4E42C7 #C74E42

tetradic

#42C74E #4278C7 #C742BB #C79142

square

#42C74E #4278C7 #C742BB #C79142

split-complementary

#42C74E #9142C7 #C74278

monochromatic

#216E28 #2F9D39 #42C74E #71D57A #A0E3A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#42C74E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#42C74E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C74E

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C74E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C74E	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB541

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1BC2AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c74e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 199, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.199 144.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d984',
    500: '#42c74e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c74e;
$custom-light: #87d984;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c74e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 125.414,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73224,
    "c": 0.19882,
    "h": 144.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C74E

secondary

#D095CA

accent

#4AD0DE

background

#F8FDF8

surface

#F0FBEF

border

#CBD4CA

text

#0D150B

muted

#7D837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C74E

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

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