#42A137#42A137

#42A137 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.169 H 141.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A137
RGB	rgb(66, 161, 55)
HSL	hsl(114, 49%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(114, 66%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 0%, 65.8%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.90, -48.63, 45.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.90, 66.55, 136.95°)
OKLab	oklab(62.95% -0.1327 0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(62.95% 0.169 141.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.6804, 26.9224, 7.9839)
Luminance	0.2692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A137 #9637A1

analogous

#77A137 #42A137 #37A161

triadic

#42A137 #3742A1 #A13742

tetradic

#42A137 #3777A1 #9637A1 #A16137

square

#42A137 #3777A1 #9637A1 #A16137

split-complementary

#42A137 #6137A1 #A13777

monochromatic

#1D4618 #2F7327 #42A137 #5DC451 #88D37F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#42A137 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#42A137 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A137

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A137	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A137	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)

#A5932A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998B40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#349C8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a137;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 161, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.169 141.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81be73',
    500: '#42a137',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a137;
$custom-light: #81be73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a137",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 113.774,
    "s": 49.074,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62952,
    "c": 0.16929,
    "h": 141.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A137

secondary

#B577BD

accent

#4FD9CA

background

#F8FBF7

surface

#EFF7ED

border

#CAD0C8

text

#0B1208

muted

#7C817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A137

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

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