#42A040#42A040

#42A040 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.161 H 143.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A040
RGB	rgb(66, 160, 64)
HSL	hsl(119, 43%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(119, 60%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.8%, 0%, 60%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.67, -47.25, 41.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.67, 62.61, 139.00°)
OKLab	oklab(62.79% -0.1285 0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(62.79% 0.161 143)
XYZ	xyz(15.7421, 26.6686, 9.1675)
Luminance	0.2667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A040 #9E40A0

analogous

#72A040 #42A040 #40A06E

triadic

#42A040 #4042A0 #A04042

tetradic

#42A040 #4072A0 #9E40A0 #A06E40

square

#42A040 #4072A0 #9E40A0 #A06E40

split-complementary

#42A040 #6E40A0 #A04072

monochromatic

#1E491D #30742F #42A040 #60BF5E #8CD08A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#42A040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#42A040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A040

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A040	1.00	3.32	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39236

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978A48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#329C8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 160, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.161 143.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80bd78',
    500: '#42a040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a040;
$custom-light: #80bd78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 118.75,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62785,
    "c": 0.16082,
    "h": 143
  },
  "luminance": 0.2667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A040

secondary

#BA81BB

accent

#55D3D0

background

#F8FBF7

surface

#EFF7ED

border

#CAD0C8

text

#0B1209

muted

#7C817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A040

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

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