#42A048#42A048

#42A048 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.154 H 144.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A048
RGB	rgb(66, 160, 72)
HSL	hsl(124, 42%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(124, 59%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.8%, 0%, 55%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.76, -46.23, 37.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.76, 59.41, 141.09°)
OKLab	oklab(62.89% -0.1254 0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(62.89% 0.154 144.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.9863, 26.7663, 10.4536)
Luminance	0.2677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A048 #A0429A

analogous

#6BA042 #42A048 #42A077

triadic

#42A048 #4842A0 #A04842

tetradic

#42A048 #426BA0 #A0429A #A07742

square

#42A048 #426BA0 #A0429A #A07742

split-complementary

#42A048 #7742A0 #A0426B

monochromatic

#1E4921 #307535 #42A048 #61BE67 #8DD091

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#42A048 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#42A048 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A048

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A048	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A048	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)

#A39240

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978A4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#309C8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a048;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 160, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.154 144.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80bd7d',
    500: '#42a048',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a048;
$custom-light: #80bd7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a048",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 123.83,
    "s": 41.593,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6289,
    "c": 0.15385,
    "h": 144.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A048

secondary

#BB83B7

accent

#56CAD1

background

#F8FBF7

surface

#EFF7EE

border

#CAD0C9

text

#0B120A

muted

#7C817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A048

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

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