#42A160#42A160

#42A160 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.132 H 151.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A160
RGB	rgb(66, 161, 96)
HSL	hsl(139, 42%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(139, 59%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 0%, 40.4%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.43, -42.84, 25.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.43, 49.95, 149.05°)
OKLab	oklab(63.55% -0.116 0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(63.55% 0.132 151.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.1017, 27.4909, 15.4691)
Luminance	0.2749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A160 #A14283

analogous

#54A142 #42A160 #42A18F

triadic

#42A160 #6042A1 #A16042

tetradic

#42A160 #4254A1 #A14283 #A18F42

square

#42A160 #4254A1 #A14283 #A18F42

split-complementary

#42A160 #8F42A1 #A14254

monochromatic

#1E4A2C #307646 #42A160 #62BF7F #8DD0A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#42A160 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#42A160 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A160

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A160	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A160	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2945B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958C64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#279F91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a160;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 161, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.132 151.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fbd8e',
    500: '#42a160',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a160;
$custom-light: #7fbd8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a160",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 138.947,
    "s": 41.85,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63553,
    "c": 0.13238,
    "h": 151.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A160

secondary

#BB83AA

accent

#56ABD2

background

#F8FBF8

surface

#EFF7F0

border

#CAD0CB

text

#0B120C

muted

#7C817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A160

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

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