#40AA42#40AA42

#40AA42 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.173 H 143.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40AA42
RGB	rgb(64, 170, 66)
HSL	hsl(121, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(121, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 0%, 61.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.85, -51.28, 43.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.85, 67.43, 139.50°)
OKLab	oklab(65.4% -0.1392 0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(65.4% 0.173 143.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.4714, 30.2311, 10.0677)
Luminance	0.3023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40AA42 #AA40A8

analogous

#73AA40 #40AA42 #40AA77

triadic

#40AA42 #4240AA #AA4240

tetradic

#40AA42 #4073AA #AA40A8 #AA7740

square

#40AA42 #4073AA #AA40A8 #AA7740

split-complementary

#40AA42 #7740AA #AA4073

monochromatic

#1F511F #2F7E31 #40AA42 #63C465 #8FD591

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#40AA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#40AA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #40AA42

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40AA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##40AA42	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9B37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0924B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2BA594

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40aa42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 170, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.173 143.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c47a',
    500: '#40aa42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40aa42;
$custom-light: #81c47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40aa42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 121.132,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65404,
    "c": 0.17302,
    "h": 143.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40AA42

secondary

#C086BF

accent

#53D3D5

background

#F8FCF7

surface

#F0F8EE

border

#CBD1C9

text

#0B1309

muted

#7C827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #40AA42

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

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