#42A016#42A016

#42A016 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.187 H 138.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A016
RGB	rgb(66, 160, 22)
HSL	hsl(101, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(101, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.8%, 0%, 86.3%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.37, -50.61, 56.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.37, 75.73, 131.93°)
OKLab	oklab(62.45% -0.1399 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(62.45% 0.187 138.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.9618, 26.3565, 5.0578)
Luminance	0.2636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A016 #7416A0

analogous

#87A016 #42A016 #16A02F

triadic

#42A016 #1642A0 #A01642

tetradic

#42A016 #1687A0 #7416A0 #A02F16

square

#42A016 #1687A0 #7416A0 #A02F16

split-complementary

#42A016 #2F16A0 #A01687

monochromatic

#163407 #2C6A0F #42A016 #58D61D #7CE64A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#42A016 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#42A016 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A016

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A016	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A016	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)

#998929

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#389A88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a016;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 160, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.187 138.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bd63',
    500: '#42a016',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a016;
$custom-light: #82bd63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a016",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 100.87,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6245,
    "c": 0.18658,
    "h": 138.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A016

secondary

#A04AC8

accent

#35F2B6

background

#F8FBF6

surface

#F0F7EB

border

#CBD0C6

text

#0C1206

muted

#7D817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A016

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

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