#42A149#42A149

#42A149 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.154 H 144.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A149
RGB	rgb(66, 161, 73)
HSL	hsl(124, 42%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(124, 59%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 0%, 54.7%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.09, -46.49, 37.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.09, 59.55, 141.32°)
OKLab	oklab(63.17% -0.126 0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(63.17% 0.154 144.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.1933, 27.1276, 10.6848)
Luminance	0.2713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A149 #A1429A

analogous

#6BA142 #42A149 #42A179

triadic

#42A149 #4942A1 #A14942

tetradic

#42A149 #426BA1 #A1429A #A17942

square

#42A149 #426BA1 #A1429A #A17942

split-complementary

#42A149 #7942A1 #A1426B

monochromatic

#1E4A22 #307635 #42A149 #62BF69 #8DD092

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#42A149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#42A149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A149

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A149	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49341

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978B50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#309D8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 161, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.154 144.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80be7e',
    500: '#42a149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a149;
$custom-light: #80be7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 124.421,
    "s": 41.85,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63169,
    "c": 0.1543,
    "h": 144.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A149

secondary

#BB83B7

accent

#56C9D2

background

#F8FBF7

surface

#EFF7EE

border

#CAD0C9

text

#0B120A

muted

#7C817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A149

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

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