#42A233#42A233

#42A233 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.173 H 141.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A233
RGB	rgb(66, 162, 51)
HSL	hsl(112, 52%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(112, 69%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 0%, 68.5%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.19, -49.39, 47.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.19, 68.49, 136.15°)
OKLab	oklab(63.18% -0.135 0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(63.18% 0.173 141.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.7639, 27.2365, 7.5578)
Luminance	0.2724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A233 #9333A2

analogous

#7AA233 #42A233 #33A25C

triadic

#42A233 #3342A2 #A23342

tetradic

#42A233 #337AA2 #9333A2 #A25C33

square

#42A233 #337AA2 #9333A2 #A25C33

split-complementary

#42A233 #5C33A2 #A2337A

monochromatic

#1C4516 #2F7324 #42A233 #5CC74C #87D57A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#42A233 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#42A233 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A233

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A233	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A233	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)

#A69324

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#349D8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a233;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 162, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.173 141.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81be70',
    500: '#42a233',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a233;
$custom-light: #81be70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a233",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 111.892,
    "s": 52.113,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6318,
    "c": 0.17345,
    "h": 141.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A233

secondary

#B473BE

accent

#4CDCC8

background

#F8FBF7

surface

#EFF7ED

border

#CAD0C8

text

#0B1208

muted

#7C817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A233

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

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