#42A136#42A136

#42A136 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.170 H 141.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A136
RGB	rgb(66, 161, 54)
HSL	hsl(113, 50%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(113, 66%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 0%, 66.5%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.89, -48.73, 45.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.89, 66.91, 136.74°)
OKLab	oklab(62.94% -0.133 0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(62.94% 0.17 141.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.6567, 26.9129, 7.8590)
Luminance	0.2691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A136 #9536A1

analogous

#78A136 #42A136 #36A160

triadic

#42A136 #3642A1 #A13642

tetradic

#42A136 #3678A1 #9536A1 #A16036

square

#42A136 #3678A1 #9536A1 #A16036

split-complementary

#42A136 #6036A1 #A13678

monochromatic

#1C4517 #2F7327 #42A136 #5DC450 #87D47E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#42A136 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#42A136 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A136

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A136	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A136	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59328

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998B3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#349C8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a136;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 161, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.170 141.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81be72',
    500: '#42a136',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a136;
$custom-light: #81be72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a136",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 113.271,
    "s": 49.767,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62942,
    "c": 0.17004,
    "h": 141.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A136

secondary

#B576BD

accent

#4FD9CA

background

#F8FBF7

surface

#EFF7ED

border

#CAD0C8

text

#0B1208

muted

#7C817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A136

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

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