#42D974#42D974

#42D974 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.189 H 150.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D974
RGB	rgb(66, 217, 116)
HSL	hsl(140, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(140, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 46.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.31, -60.96, 38.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.31, 72.07, 147.76°)
OKLab	oklab(78.38% -0.1641 0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(78.38% 0.189 150.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.2096, 52.0416, 24.9725)
Luminance	0.5204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D974 #D942A7

analogous

#5BD942 #42D974 #42D9C0

triadic

#42D974 #7442D9 #D97442

tetradic

#42D974 #425BD9 #D942A7 #D9C042

square

#42D974 #425BD9 #D942A7 #D9C042

split-complementary

#42D974 #C042D9 #D9425B

monochromatic

#1B863E #25B956 #42D974 #75E399 #A8EDBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#42D974 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#42D974 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D974

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D974	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D974	1.00	1.84	11.41	11.41
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC76C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8BA7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d974;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 217, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.189 150.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e69d',
    500: '#42d974',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d974;
$custom-light: #89e69d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d974",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 139.868,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78376,
    "c": 0.18916,
    "h": 150.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D974

secondary

#8C336F

accent

#3EB1E9

background

#FCFEFC

surface

#F4FCF5

border

#CED5CF

text

#0D160E

muted

#7F847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D974

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

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