#42C875#42C875

#42C875 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.166 H 152.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C875
RGB	rgb(66, 200, 117)
HSL	hsl(143, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(143, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 0%, 41.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.06, -54.54, 31.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.06, 62.83, 150.23°)
OKLab	oklab(74.05% -0.1472 0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(74.05% 0.166 152.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.1097, 43.7483, 23.8944)
Luminance	0.4375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C875 #C84295

analogous

#52C842 #42C875 #42C8B8

triadic

#42C875 #7542C8 #C87542

tetradic

#42C875 #4252C8 #C84295 #C8B842

square

#42C875 #4252C8 #C84295 #C8B842

split-complementary

#42C875 #B842C8 #C84252

monochromatic

#206F3E #2E9F59 #42C875 #71D698 #A1E4BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#42C875 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#42C875 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C875

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C875	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C875	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)

#C8B86F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AC7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c875;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 200, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.166 152.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86da9d',
    500: '#42c875',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c875;
$custom-light: #86da9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c875",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 142.836,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74054,
    "c": 0.16622,
    "h": 152.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C875

secondary

#D096BA

accent

#4AA6DE

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FBF2

border

#CBD4CC

text

#0C150E

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C875

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

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