#42A118#42A118
#42A118 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 | #42A118 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(66, 161, 24) |
| HSL | hsl(102, 74%, 36%) |
| HSV | hsv(102, 85%, 63%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(59%, 0%, 85.1%, 36.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(58.71, -50.88, 56.14) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(58.71, 75.77, 132.18°) |
| OKLab | oklab(62.73% -0.1405 0.1234) |
| OKLCH | oklch(62.73% 0.187 138.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(15.1559, 26.7126, 5.2213) |
| Luminance | 0.2671 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | green |
Closest named colors
Grassy Green
#419C03
ΔE00 1.82
Grass Green
#3F9B0B
ΔE00 1.97
Lawn Green
#4DA409
ΔE00 1.99
Grass
#5CAC2D
ΔE00 4.23
Leaf Green
#5CA904
ΔE00 4.38
Kelly Green (survey)
#02AB2E
ΔE00 4.85
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#42A118 #7718A1
analogous
#87A118 #42A118 #18A133
triadic
#42A118 #1842A1 #A11842
tetradic
#42A118 #1887A1 #7718A1 #A13318
square
#42A118 #1887A1 #7718A1 #A13318
split-complementary
#42A118 #3318A1 #A11887
monochromatic
#163608 #2C6C10 #42A118 #58D620 #7DE54F
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.31
#42A118 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.34
#42A118 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #42A118
6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##42A118 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##42A118 | 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: #42a118; /* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 161, 24); /* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.187 138.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#82be64',
500: '#42a118',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #42a118; $custom-light: #82be64; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#42a118",
"rgb": {
"r": 66,
"g": 161,
"b": 24
},
"hsl": {
"h": 101.606,
"s": 74.054,
"l": 36.275
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.62728,
"c": 0.18697,
"h": 138.7
},
"luminance": 0.26714
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#42A118
secondary
#A24EC7
accent
#37F1B8
background
#F8FBF6
surface
#F0F7EB
border
#CBD0C6
text
#0C1206
muted
#7D817A