#42CA73#42CA73

#42CA73 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.171 H 151.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CA73
RGB	rgb(66, 202, 115)
HSL	hsl(142, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(142, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 43.1%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.65, -55.64, 32.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.65, 64.68, 149.34°)
OKLab	oklab(74.53% -0.15 0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(74.53% 0.171 151.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.4596, 44.6343, 23.4372)
Luminance	0.4464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CA73 #CA4299

analogous

#55CA42 #42CA73 #42CAB7

triadic

#42CA73 #7342CA #CA7342

tetradic

#42CA73 #4255CA #CA4299 #CAB742

square

#42CA73 #4255CA #CA4299 #CAB742

split-complementary

#42CA73 #B742CA #CA4255

monochromatic

#20723D #2DA257 #42CA73 #72D796 #A2E5BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#42CA73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#42CA73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CA73

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CA73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CA73	1.00	2.12	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB96D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAE79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ca73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 202, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.171 151.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86db9c',
    500: '#42ca73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ca73;
$custom-light: #86db9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ca73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 141.618,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74531,
    "c": 0.17069,
    "h": 151.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CA73

secondary

#D196BC

accent

#48A9DF

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FBF2

border

#CBD4CC

text

#0C150E

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CA73

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

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