#42C975#42C975

#42C975 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.168 H 152.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C975
RGB	rgb(66, 201, 117)
HSL	hsl(143, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(143, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 0%, 41.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.37, -54.92, 31.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.37, 63.36, 150.08°)
OKLab	oklab(74.31% -0.1481 0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(74.31% 0.168 152.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.3421, 44.2131, 23.9719)
Luminance	0.4422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C975 #C94296

analogous

#52C942 #42C975 #42C9B9

triadic

#42C975 #7542C9 #C97542

tetradic

#42C975 #4252C9 #C94296 #C9B942

square

#42C975 #4252C9 #C94296 #C9B942

split-complementary

#42C975 #B942C9 #C94252

monochromatic

#20703E #2EA059 #42C975 #72D798 #A1E4BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#42C975 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#42C975 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C975

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C975	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C975	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B96F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AD7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c975;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 201, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.168 152.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86da9d',
    500: '#42c975',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c975;
$custom-light: #86da9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c975",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 142.667,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7431,
    "c": 0.16754,
    "h": 152.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C975

secondary

#D196BB

accent

#49A6DF

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FBF2

border

#CBD4CC

text

#0C150E

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C975

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

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