#42CD74#42CD74

#42CD74 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.174 H 151.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CD74
RGB	rgb(66, 205, 116)
HSL	hsl(142, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(142, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 43.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.60, -56.59, 33.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.60, 65.86, 149.22°)
OKLab	oklab(75.32% -0.1525 0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(75.32% 0.174 151.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.2282, 46.0789, 23.9788)
Luminance	0.4608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CD74 #CD429B

analogous

#55CD42 #42CD74 #42CDBA

triadic

#42CD74 #7442CD #CD7442

tetradic

#42CD74 #4255CD #CD429B #CDBA42

square

#42CD74 #4255CD #CD429B #CDBA42

split-complementary

#42CD74 #BA42CD #CD4255

monochromatic

#1F763E #2CA658 #42CD74 #72DA98 #A3E7BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#42CD74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#42CD74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CD74

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CD74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CD74	1.00	2.06	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEBC6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB07A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cd74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 205, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.174 151.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dd9d',
    500: '#42cd74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cd74;
$custom-light: #87dd9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cd74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 141.583,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75316,
    "c": 0.17371,
    "h": 151.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CD74

secondary

#D397BE

accent

#46AAE1

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FBF2

border

#CBD4CC

text

#0D150E

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CD74

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

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