#42A015#42A015

#42A015 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.187 H 138.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A015
RGB	rgb(66, 160, 21)
HSL	hsl(101, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(101, 87%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.8%, 0%, 86.9%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.37, -50.65, 56.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.37, 75.93, 131.84°)
OKLab	oklab(62.45% -0.14 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(62.45% 0.187 138.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.9524, 26.3527, 5.0080)
Luminance	0.2635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A015 #7315A0

analogous

#87A015 #42A015 #15A02E

triadic

#42A015 #1542A0 #A01542

tetradic

#42A015 #1587A0 #7315A0 #A02E15

square

#42A015 #1587A0 #7315A0 #A02E15

split-complementary

#42A015 #2E15A0 #A01587

monochromatic

#153407 #2C6A0E #42A015 #58D61C #7CE748

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#42A015 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#42A015 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A015

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A015	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A015	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8929

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#389A88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a015;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 160, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.187 138.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bd62',
    500: '#42a015',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a015;
$custom-light: #82bd62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a015",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 100.576,
    "s": 76.796,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62446,
    "c": 0.18692,
    "h": 138.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A015

secondary

#9F49C8

accent

#34F3B6

background

#F8FBF6

surface

#F0F7EB

border

#CBD0C6

text

#0C1206

muted

#7D817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A015

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

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