#42C971#42C971

#42C971 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.171 H 151.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C971
RGB	rgb(66, 201, 113)
HSL	hsl(141, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(141, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 0%, 43.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.31, -55.60, 33.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.31, 64.95, 148.88°)
OKLab	oklab(74.24% -0.1499 0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(74.24% 0.171 151.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.1119, 44.1210, 22.7597)
Luminance	0.4412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C971 #C9429A

analogous

#56C942 #42C971 #42C9B5

triadic

#42C971 #7142C9 #C97142

tetradic

#42C971 #4256C9 #C9429A #C9B542

square

#42C971 #4256C9 #C9429A #C9B542

split-complementary

#42C971 #B542C9 #C94256

monochromatic

#20703C #2EA056 #42C971 #72D795 #A1E4B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#42C971 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#42C971 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C971

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C971	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C971	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB86A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AD77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c971;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 201, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.171 151.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86da9b',
    500: '#42c971',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c971;
$custom-light: #86da9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c971",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 140.889,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7424,
    "c": 0.17121,
    "h": 151.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C971

secondary

#D196BC

accent

#49ABDF

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FBF2

border

#CBD4CC

text

#0C150E

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C971

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

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