#42A017#42A017

#42A017 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.186 H 138.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A017
RGB	rgb(66, 160, 23)
HSL	hsl(101, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(101, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.8%, 0%, 85.6%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.38, -50.56, 56.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.38, 75.52, 132.03°)
OKLab	oklab(62.45% -0.1397 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(62.45% 0.186 138.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.9716, 26.3604, 5.1096)
Luminance	0.2636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A017 #7517A0

analogous

#86A017 #42A017 #17A031

triadic

#42A017 #1742A0 #A01742

tetradic

#42A017 #1786A0 #7517A0 #A03117

square

#42A017 #1786A0 #7517A0 #A03117

split-complementary

#42A017 #3117A0 #A01786

monochromatic

#163508 #2C6A0F #42A017 #58D61F #7CE54C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#42A017 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#42A017 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A017

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A017	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A017	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)

#99892A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#389A88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a017;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 160, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.186 138.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bd63',
    500: '#42a017',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a017;
$custom-light: #82bd63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a017",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 101.168,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62454,
    "c": 0.18621,
    "h": 138.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A017

secondary

#A04CC7

accent

#36F1B7

background

#F8FBF6

surface

#F0F7EB

border

#CBD0C6

text

#0C1206

muted

#7D817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A017

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

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