#42A221#42A221

#42A221 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.184 H 139.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A221
RGB	rgb(66, 162, 33)
HSL	hsl(105, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(105, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 0%, 79.6%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.07, -50.77, 53.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.07, 74.07, 133.27°)
OKLab	oklab(63.04% -0.1398 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(63.04% 0.184 139.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.4410, 27.1073, 5.8571)
Luminance	0.2711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A221 #8121A2

analogous

#82A221 #42A221 #21A240

triadic

#42A221 #2142A2 #A22142

tetradic

#42A221 #2182A2 #8121A2 #A24021

square

#42A221 #2182A2 #8121A2 #A24021

split-complementary

#42A221 #4021A2 #A22182

monochromatic

#193C0C #2D6F17 #42A221 #57D42C #80DE5F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#42A221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#42A221 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A221

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A221	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#379C8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 162, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.184 139.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82be67',
    500: '#42a221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a221;
$custom-light: #82be67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 104.651,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63044,
    "c": 0.18422,
    "h": 139.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A221

secondary

#A95CC3

accent

#3FE9BE

background

#F8FBF6

surface

#F0F7EB

border

#CBD0C6

text

#0C1207

muted

#7D817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A221

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

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