#42A142#42A142

#42A142 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.160 H 143.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A142
RGB	rgb(66, 161, 66)
HSL	hsl(120, 42%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(120, 59%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 0%, 59%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.01, -47.40, 40.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.01, 62.36, 139.47°)
OKLab	oklab(63.08% -0.1288 0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(63.08% 0.16 143.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.9741, 27.0399, 9.5306)
Luminance	0.2704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A142 #A142A1

analogous

#72A142 #42A142 #42A172

triadic

#42A142 #4242A1 #A14242

tetradic

#42A142 #4272A1 #A142A1 #A17242

square

#42A142 #4272A1 #A142A1 #A17242

split-complementary

#42A142 #7242A1 #A14272

monochromatic

#1E4A1E #307630 #42A142 #62BF62 #8DD08D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#42A142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#42A142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A142

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A142	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49338

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988B49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#329D8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 161, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.160 143.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80be79',
    500: '#42a142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a142;
$custom-light: #80be79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 41.85,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63077,
    "c": 0.16045,
    "h": 143.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A142

secondary

#BB83BB

accent

#56D2D2

background

#F8FBF7

surface

#EFF7EE

border

#CAD0C9

text

#0B1209

muted

#7C817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A142

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

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