#42A170#42A170

#42A170 is a light, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.117 H 157.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A170
RGB	rgb(66, 161, 112)
HSL	hsl(149, 42%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(149, 59%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 0%, 30.4%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.72, -39.71, 17.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.72, 43.33, 156.41°)
OKLab	oklab(63.89% -0.1084 0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(63.89% 0.117 157.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.9147, 27.8161, 19.7511)
Luminance	0.2782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A170 #A14273

analogous

#43A142 #42A170 #42A1A0

triadic

#42A170 #7042A1 #A17042

tetradic

#42A170 #4243A1 #A14273 #A1A042

square

#42A170 #4243A1 #A14273 #A1A042

split-complementary

#42A170 #A042A1 #A14243

monochromatic

#1E4A34 #307652 #42A170 #62BF8F #8DD0AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#42A170 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#42A170 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A170

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A170	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A170	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0956D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938C73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1DA094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a170;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 161, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.117 157.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fbd99',
    500: '#42a170',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a170;
$custom-light: #7fbd99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a170",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 149.053,
    "s": 41.85,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63893,
    "c": 0.11699,
    "h": 157.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A170

secondary

#BB83A0

accent

#5696D2

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#EFF7F2

border

#CAD0CC

text

#0B120E

muted

#7C817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A170

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

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