#42A222#42A222

#42A222 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.184 H 139.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A222
RGB	rgb(66, 162, 34)
HSL	hsl(105, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(105, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 0%, 79%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.08, -50.71, 53.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.08, 73.81, 133.40°)
OKLab	oklab(63.05% -0.1395 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(63.05% 0.184 139.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.4552, 27.1130, 5.9320)
Luminance	0.2711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A222 #8222A2

analogous

#82A222 #42A222 #22A242

triadic

#42A222 #2242A2 #A22242

tetradic

#42A222 #2282A2 #8222A2 #A24222

square

#42A222 #2282A2 #8222A2 #A24222

split-complementary

#42A222 #4222A2 #A22282

monochromatic

#193D0D #2D6F17 #42A222 #57D32E #80DE61

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#42A222 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#42A222 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A222

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A222	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A222	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)

#9B8B31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#379C8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a222;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 162, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.184 139.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82be68',
    500: '#42a222',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a222;
$custom-light: #82be68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a222",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 105,
    "s": 65.306,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6305,
    "c": 0.18373,
    "h": 139.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A222

secondary

#A95DC3

accent

#40E8BE

background

#F8FBF6

surface

#F0F7EB

border

#CBD0C6

text

#0C1207

muted

#7D817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A222

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

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