#42C976#42C976

#42C976 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.167 H 152.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C976
RGB	rgb(66, 201, 118)
HSL	hsl(143, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(143, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 0%, 41.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.39, -54.74, 31.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.39, 62.96, 150.39°)
OKLab	oklab(74.33% -0.1477 0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(74.33% 0.167 152.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.4012, 44.2367, 24.2832)
Luminance	0.4424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C976 #C94295

analogous

#52C942 #42C976 #42C9BA

triadic

#42C976 #7642C9 #C97642

tetradic

#42C976 #4252C9 #C94295 #C9BA42

square

#42C976 #4252C9 #C94295 #C9BA42

split-complementary

#42C976 #BA42C9 #C94252

monochromatic

#20703F #2EA05A #42C976 #72D799 #A1E4BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#42C976 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#42C976 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C976

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C976	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C976	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B970

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AD7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c976;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 201, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.167 152.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86da9e',
    500: '#42c976',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c976;
$custom-light: #86da9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c976",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 143.111,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74329,
    "c": 0.16663,
    "h": 152.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C976

secondary

#D196BA

accent

#49A5DF

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FBF2

border

#CBD4CC

text

#0C150E

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C976

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

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