#42A22D#42A22D

#42A22D is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.177 H 140.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A22D
RGB	rgb(66, 162, 45)
HSL	hsl(109, 57%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(109, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 0%, 72.2%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.15, -49.92, 49.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.15, 70.52, 135.06°)
OKLab	oklab(63.13% -0.1368 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(63.13% 0.177 140.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.6400, 27.1870, 6.9055)
Luminance	0.2719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A22D #8D2DA2

analogous

#7CA22D #42A22D #2DA252

triadic

#42A22D #2D42A2 #A22D42

tetradic

#42A22D #2D7CA2 #8D2DA2 #A2522D

square

#42A22D #2D7CA2 #8D2DA2 #A2522D

split-complementary

#42A22D #522DA2 #A22D7C

monochromatic

#1B4212 #2E7220 #42A22D #5ACA42 #84D872

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#42A22D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#42A22D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A22D

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A22D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A22D	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69319

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#359D8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a22d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 162, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.177 140.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81be6d',
    500: '#42a22d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a22d;
$custom-light: #81be6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a22d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 109.231,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63128,
    "c": 0.17747,
    "h": 140.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A22D

secondary

#B06CBF

accent

#48E0C5

background

#F8FBF6

surface

#F0F7EC

border

#CBD0C7

text

#0B1207

muted

#7C817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A22D

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

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