#42C874#42C874

#42C874 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.167 H 152.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C874
RGB	rgb(66, 200, 116)
HSL	hsl(142, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(142, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 42%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.04, -54.71, 31.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.04, 63.23, 149.92°)
OKLab	oklab(74.04% -0.1476 0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(74.04% 0.167 152)
XYZ	xyz(26.0513, 43.7250, 23.5864)
Luminance	0.4373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C874 #C84296

analogous

#53C842 #42C874 #42C8B7

triadic

#42C874 #7442C8 #C87442

tetradic

#42C874 #4253C8 #C84296 #C8B742

square

#42C874 #4253C8 #C84296 #C8B742

split-complementary

#42C874 #B742C8 #C84253

monochromatic

#206F3E #2E9F58 #42C874 #71D697 #A1E4BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#42C874 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#42C874 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C874

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C874	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C874	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B86E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AC7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c874;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 200, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.167 152.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86da9d',
    500: '#42c874',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c874;
$custom-light: #86da9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c874",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 142.388,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74036,
    "c": 0.16714,
    "h": 152
  },
  "luminance": 0.43728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C874

secondary

#D096BA

accent

#4AA7DE

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FBF2

border

#CBD4CC

text

#0C150E

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C874

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

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