#42D172#42D172

#42D172 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.181 H 150.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D172
RGB	rgb(66, 209, 114)
HSL	hsl(140, 61%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(140, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 0%, 45.5%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.81, -58.39, 36.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.81, 68.73, 148.16°)
OKLab	oklab(76.3% -0.1573 0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(76.3% 0.181 150.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.0822, 47.9710, 23.6957)
Luminance	0.4797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D172 #D142A1

analogous

#5AD142 #42D172 #42D1BA

triadic

#42D172 #7242D1 #D17242

tetradic

#42D172 #425AD1 #D142A1 #D1BA42

square

#42D172 #425AD1 #D142A1 #D1BA42

split-complementary

#42D172 #BA42D1 #D1425A

monochromatic

#1E7B3D #2AAC56 #42D172 #73DD97 #A4E9BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#42D172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#42D172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D172

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D172	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C06B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B379

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 209, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.181 150.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88e09c',
    500: '#42d172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d172;
$custom-light: #88e09c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 140.14,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76304,
    "c": 0.18072,
    "h": 150.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D172

secondary

#D699C1

accent

#44AEE4

background

#F9FDF9

surface

#F1FBF2

border

#CBD4CC

text

#0D150E

muted

#7E837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D172

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

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