#42A230#42A230

#42A230 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.176 H 140.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A230
RGB	rgb(66, 162, 48)
HSL	hsl(111, 54%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(111, 70%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 0%, 70.4%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.17, -49.66, 48.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.17, 69.52, 135.59°)
OKLab	oklab(63.15% -0.1359 0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(63.15% 0.176 140.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.6999, 27.2109, 7.2206)
Luminance	0.2721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A230 #9030A2

analogous

#7BA230 #42A230 #30A257

triadic

#42A230 #3042A2 #A23042

tetradic

#42A230 #307BA2 #9030A2 #A25730

square

#42A230 #307BA2 #9030A2 #A25730

split-complementary

#42A230 #5730A2 #A2307B

monochromatic

#1C4414 #2F7322 #42A230 #5BC847 #85D676

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#42A230 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#42A230 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A230

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A230	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A230	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)

#A6931F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#359D8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a230;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 162, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.176 140.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81be6f',
    500: '#42a230',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a230;
$custom-light: #81be6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a230",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 110.526,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63153,
    "c": 0.17551,
    "h": 140.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A230

secondary

#B26FBE

accent

#4ADEC6

background

#F8FBF6

surface

#F0F7EC

border

#CBD0C7

text

#0B1208

muted

#7C817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A230

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

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