#42A227#42A227

#42A227 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.181 H 139.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A227
RGB	rgb(66, 162, 39)
HSL	hsl(107, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(107, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 0%, 75.9%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.11, -50.38, 51.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.11, 72.38, 134.10°)
OKLab	oklab(63.08% -0.1384 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(63.08% 0.181 139.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.5326, 27.1440, 6.3398)
Luminance	0.2715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A227 #8727A2

analogous

#80A227 #42A227 #27A249

triadic

#42A227 #2742A2 #A22742

tetradic

#42A227 #2780A2 #8727A2 #A24927

square

#42A227 #2780A2 #8727A2 #A24927

split-complementary

#42A227 #4927A2 #A22780

monochromatic

#1A3F0F #2E711B #42A227 #59CF37 #82DB69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#42A227 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#42A227 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A227

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A227	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A227	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)

#A7930C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#369D8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a227;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 162, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.181 139.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82be6a',
    500: '#42a227',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a227;
$custom-light: #82be6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a227",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 106.829,
    "s": 61.194,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63083,
    "c": 0.18106,
    "h": 139.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A227

secondary

#AC64C1

accent

#43E4C1

background

#F8FBF6

surface

#F0F7EB

border

#CBD0C6

text

#0B1207

muted

#7C817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A227

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

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