#42A116#42A116

#42A116 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.188 H 138.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A116
RGB	rgb(66, 161, 22)
HSL	hsl(101, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(101, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 0%, 86.3%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.70, -50.97, 56.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.70, 76.18, 131.99°)
OKLab	oklab(62.72% -0.1408 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(62.72% 0.188 138.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.1359, 26.7046, 5.1158)
Luminance	0.2671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A116 #7516A1

analogous

#87A116 #42A116 #16A12F

triadic

#42A116 #1642A1 #A11642

tetradic

#42A116 #1687A1 #7516A1 #A12F16

square

#42A116 #1687A1 #7516A1 #A12F16

split-complementary

#42A116 #2F16A1 #A11687

monochromatic

#163507 #2C6B0F #42A116 #58D71D #7CE64B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#42A116 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#42A116 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A116

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A116	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A116	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#389B89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a116;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 161, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.188 138.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82be63',
    500: '#42a116',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a116;
$custom-light: #82be63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a116",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 101.007,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6272,
    "c": 0.1877,
    "h": 138.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A116

secondary

#A04BC8

accent

#35F3B7

background

#F8FBF6

surface

#F0F7EB

border

#CBD0C6

text

#0C1206

muted

#7D817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A116

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

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