#42A231#42A231

#42A231 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.175 H 140.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A231
RGB	rgb(66, 162, 49)
HSL	hsl(111, 54%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(111, 70%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 0%, 69.8%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.18, -49.58, 48.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.18, 69.18, 135.78°)
OKLab	oklab(63.16% -0.1356 0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(63.16% 0.175 140.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.7207, 27.2193, 7.3305)
Luminance	0.2722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A231 #9131A2

analogous

#7BA231 #42A231 #31A258

triadic

#42A231 #3142A2 #A23142

tetradic

#42A231 #317BA2 #9131A2 #A25831

square

#42A231 #317BA2 #9131A2 #A25831

split-complementary

#42A231 #5831A2 #A2317B

monochromatic

#1C4415 #2F7323 #42A231 #5CC848 #86D677

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#42A231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#42A231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A231

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A231	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)

#A69320

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#359D8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 162, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.175 140.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81be6f',
    500: '#42a231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a231;
$custom-light: #81be6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 110.973,
    "s": 53.555,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63162,
    "c": 0.17484,
    "h": 140.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A231

secondary

#B371BE

accent

#4BDDC7

background

#F8FBF6

surface

#F0F7EC

border

#CBD0C7

text

#0B1208

muted

#7C817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A231

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

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