#42D174#42D174

#42D174 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.179 H 151.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42D174
RGBrgb(66, 209, 116)
HSLhsl(141, 61%, 54%)
HSVhsv(141, 68%, 82%)
CMYKcmyk(68.4%, 0%, 44.5%, 18%)
CIE-LABlab(74.84, -58.06, 35.30)
CIE-LCHlch(74.84, 67.95, 148.70°)
OKLaboklab(76.34% -0.1564 0.0868)
OKLCHoklch(76.34% 0.179 151)
XYZxyz(28.1973, 48.0170, 24.3018)
Luminance0.4802 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42D174 #D1429F
analogous
#58D142 #42D174 #42D1BC
triadic
#42D174 #7442D1 #D17442
tetradic
#42D174 #4258D1 #D1429F #D1BC42
square
#42D174 #4258D1 #D1429F #D1BC42
split-complementary
#42D174 #BC42D1 #D14258
monochromatic
#1E7B3E #2AAC57 #42D174 #73DD98 #A4E9BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98
#42D174 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60
#42D174 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D174
10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42D174#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42D1741.001.9810.6010.60
#FFFFFF1.981.0021.0021.00
#00000010.6021.001.001.00
##00000010.6021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D2C06D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C0B37A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00CEBB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42d174;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 209, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.179 151.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88e09d',
    500: '#42d174',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42d174;
$custom-light: #88e09d;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42d174",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 140.979,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76338,
    "c": 0.1789,
    "h": 151
  },
  "luminance": 0.4802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42D174
secondary
#D699C1
accent
#44ACE4
background
#F9FDF9
surface
#F1FBF2
border
#CBD4CC
text
#0D150E
muted
#7E837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D174

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#42D174 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva