#42A045#42A045

#42A045 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.157 H 144.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A045
RGB	rgb(66, 160, 69)
HSL	hsl(122, 42%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(122, 59%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.8%, 0%, 56.9%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.72, -46.63, 38.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.72, 60.62, 140.28°)
OKLab	oklab(62.85% -0.1266 0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(62.85% 0.157 144)
XYZ	xyz(15.8908, 26.7281, 9.9507)
Luminance	0.2673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A045 #A0429D

analogous

#6EA042 #42A045 #42A074

triadic

#42A045 #4542A0 #A04542

tetradic

#42A045 #426EA0 #A0429D #A07442

square

#42A045 #426EA0 #A0429D #A07442

split-complementary

#42A045 #7442A0 #A0426E

monochromatic

#1E4920 #307532 #42A045 #61BE64 #8DD08F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#42A045 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#42A045 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A045

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A045	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A045	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3923C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978A4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#319C8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a045;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 160, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.157 144.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80bd7b',
    500: '#42a045',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a045;
$custom-light: #80bd7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a045",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 121.915,
    "s": 41.593,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62849,
    "c": 0.15652,
    "h": 144
  },
  "luminance": 0.2673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A045

secondary

#BB83B9

accent

#56CDD1

background

#F8FBF7

surface

#EFF7EE

border

#CAD0C9

text

#0B1209

muted

#7C817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A045

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

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