#42A225#42A225

#42A225 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.182 H 139.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A225
RGB	rgb(66, 162, 37)
HSL	hsl(106, 63%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(106, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 0%, 77.2%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.10, -50.51, 52.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.10, 72.97, 133.81°)
OKLab	oklab(63.07% -0.1389 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(63.07% 0.182 139.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.5004, 27.1311, 6.1699)
Luminance	0.2713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A225 #8525A2

analogous

#81A225 #42A225 #25A247

triadic

#42A225 #2542A2 #A22542

tetradic

#42A225 #2581A2 #8525A2 #A24725

square

#42A225 #2581A2 #8525A2 #A24725

split-complementary

#42A225 #4725A2 #A22581

monochromatic

#193E0E #2E701A #42A225 #58D134 #81DC65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#42A225 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#42A225 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A225

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A225	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A225	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)

#A79306

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#369C8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a225;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 162, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.182 139.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82be69',
    500: '#42a225',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a225;
$custom-light: #82be69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a225",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 106.08,
    "s": 62.814,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63069,
    "c": 0.18217,
    "h": 139.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A225

secondary

#AB61C2

accent

#42E6C0

background

#F8FBF6

surface

#F0F7EB

border

#CBD0C6

text

#0B1207

muted

#7C817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A225

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

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