#42A232#42A232

#42A232 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.174 H 141.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A232
RGB	rgb(66, 162, 50)
HSL	hsl(111, 53%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(111, 69%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 0%, 69.1%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.18, -49.49, 47.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.18, 68.84, 135.96°)
OKLab	oklab(63.17% -0.1353 0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(63.17% 0.174 141)
XYZ	xyz(15.7421, 27.2278, 7.4429)
Luminance	0.2723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A232 #9232A2

analogous

#7AA232 #42A232 #32A25A

triadic

#42A232 #3242A2 #A23242

tetradic

#42A232 #327AA2 #9232A2 #A25A32

square

#42A232 #327AA2 #9232A2 #A25A32

split-complementary

#42A232 #5A32A2 #A2327A

monochromatic

#1C4415 #2F7324 #42A232 #5CC74A #86D679

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#42A232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#42A232 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A232

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A232	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69322

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#359D8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 162, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.174 141.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81be70',
    500: '#42a232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a232;
$custom-light: #81be70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 111.429,
    "s": 52.83,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63171,
    "c": 0.17415,
    "h": 141
  },
  "luminance": 0.27229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A232

secondary

#B372BE

accent

#4CDCC8

background

#F8FBF7

surface

#F0F7ED

border

#CBD0C8

text

#0B1208

muted

#7C817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A232

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

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