#42CA7C#42CA7C

#42CA7C is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.162 H 154.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CA7C
RGB	rgb(66, 202, 124)
HSL	hsl(146, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(146, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 38.6%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.79, -54.04, 28.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.79, 61.11, 152.16°)
OKLab	oklab(74.7% -0.146 0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(74.7% 0.162 154)
XYZ	xyz(27.0030, 44.8516, 26.2990)
Luminance	0.4486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CA7C #CA4290

analogous

#4CCA42 #42CA7C #42CAC0

triadic

#42CA7C #7C42CA #CA7C42

tetradic

#42CA7C #424CCA #CA4290 #CAC042

square

#42CA7C #424CCA #CA4290 #CAC042

split-complementary

#42CA7C #C042CA #CA424C

monochromatic

#207243 #2DA25F #42CA7C #72D79D #A2E5BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#42CA7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#42CA7C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CA7C

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CA7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CA7C	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CABA77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AE81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ca7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 202, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.162 154.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86dba2',
    500: '#42ca7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ca7c;
$custom-light: #86dba2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ca7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 145.588,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74696,
    "c": 0.16244,
    "h": 154
  },
  "luminance": 0.44855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CA7C

secondary

#D196B8

accent

#489FDF

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF3

border

#CBD4CD

text

#0C150F

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CA7C

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

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