#42A117#42A117

#42A117 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.187 H 138.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A117
RGB	rgb(66, 161, 23)
HSL	hsl(101, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(101, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 0%, 85.7%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.70, -50.92, 56.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.70, 75.98, 132.09°)
OKLab	oklab(62.72% -0.1407 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(62.72% 0.187 138.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.1457, 26.7085, 5.1676)
Luminance	0.2671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A117 #7617A1

analogous

#87A117 #42A117 #17A131

triadic

#42A117 #1742A1 #A11742

tetradic

#42A117 #1787A1 #7617A1 #A13117

square

#42A117 #1787A1 #7617A1 #A13117

split-complementary

#42A117 #3117A1 #A11787

monochromatic

#163608 #2C6B0F #42A117 #58D71F #7CE64D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#42A117 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#42A117 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A117

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A117	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A117	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)

#9A8A2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#389B89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a117;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 161, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.187 138.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82be63',
    500: '#42a117',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a117;
$custom-light: #82be63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a117",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 101.304,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62724,
    "c": 0.18734,
    "h": 138.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A117

secondary

#A14CC7

accent

#36F2B7

background

#F8FBF6

surface

#F0F7EB

border

#CBD0C6

text

#0C1206

muted

#7D817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A117

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

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