#42CA72#42CA72

#42CA72 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.172 H 151.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CA72
RGB	rgb(66, 202, 114)
HSL	hsl(141, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(141, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 43.6%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.64, -55.81, 33.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.64, 65.08, 149.04°)
OKLab	oklab(74.51% -0.1505 0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(74.51% 0.172 151.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.4024, 44.6114, 23.1357)
Luminance	0.4461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CA72 #CA429A

analogous

#56CA42 #42CA72 #42CAB6

triadic

#42CA72 #7242CA #CA7242

tetradic

#42CA72 #4256CA #CA429A #CAB642

square

#42CA72 #4256CA #CA429A #CAB642

split-complementary

#42CA72 #B642CA #CA4256

monochromatic

#20723D #2DA256 #42CA72 #72D796 #A2E5B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#42CA72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#42CA72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CA72

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CA72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CA72	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB96B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAD78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ca72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 202, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.172 151.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86db9b',
    500: '#42ca72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ca72;
$custom-light: #86db9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ca72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 141.176,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74513,
    "c": 0.17161,
    "h": 151.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CA72

secondary

#D196BD

accent

#48AADF

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FBF2

border

#CBD4CC

text

#0C150E

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CA72

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

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